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cheekbone

noun
/ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/US

Etymology

From Middle English chekebon, chekbone, from Old English ċēacbān (“cheekbone”); equivalent to cheek + bone. Compare Dutch kaakbeen (“jawbone”).

  1. inherited from ċēacbān — “cheekbone”
  2. inherited from chekebon

Definitions

  1. The small prominent bone of the cheek.

    • She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
    • A youngish-looking man came up to him, and aggressive-looking type with a hook mouth, a lantern nose, and small beady little cheekbones.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA