Definition of cheekbone Cheekbone
/ʧiˈkbowˌn/ - [cheekbown] - cheek•bone
We found 4 definitions of cheekbone from 4 different sources.
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What does cheekbone mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: cheekbones |
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| cheekbone - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | ||
| zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum | ||
| bone, os a shade of white the color of bleached bones | ||
| skull the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates | ||
| jugal point, jugale the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone | ||
| arcus zygomaticus, zygoma, zygomatic arch the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cheekbone (Noun)
The small prominent bone of the cheek.
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cheekbone
Paired bone of the human skull, situated on the lateral edge of the eye sockets.
Part of speech
🔤- cheekbone, noun, singular of cheekbones.
