Definition of jawbone Jawbone
/ʤɔˈbowˌn/ - [jobown] - jaw•bone
We found 8 definitions of jawbone from 5 different sources.
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What does jawbone mean?
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| jawbone - the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth | ||
| lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jowl | ||
| jaw holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object | ||
| articulator a movable speech organ | ||
| gnathion the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline | ||
| gonion the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw | ||
| mandibular notch small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone | ||
| pogonion the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin | ||
| symphysion the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible | ||
| condylar process, condyloid process, mandibular condyle the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull | ||
| coronoid process of the mandible the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle | ||
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| jawbone - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | ||
| shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose | ||
| chat, shoot the breeze, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, natter, chaffer, gossip, confab, confabulate, jaw, chatter, visit talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" | ||
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- jawbone (Noun)
The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible. - jawbone (Noun)
Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw. - jawbone (Verb)
To talk persistently in persuasion of one or more people to cooperate.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jawbone (n.)
The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
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jawbone
The bone of the lower jaw.
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