Cheekbone

//ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek wordnet

Synonyms

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malar bonezygomatic bonejugal bonemalarmalar boneos zygomaticum

Example

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"In the 1980's women put blush under their cheekbones, but the trend now is to apply it on the cheekbone."

Etymology

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

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