In the 1980's women put blush under their cheekbones, but the trend now is to apply it on the cheekbone.
Source: tatoeba (8977296)
Cheekbone
//ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn//
Synonyms for "cheekbone" (10 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(3 words)
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3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
4 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- عَظْم وَجْنِيّ noun (bone)
- كرسي الخد noun (bone)
- وَجْنَة noun (bone)
Armenian
1 entries- այտոսկր noun (bone)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- almacıq noun (bone)
Bulgarian
1 entries- скула noun (bone)
Catalan
2 entries- pòmul noun (bone)
- zigoma noun (bone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 頰骨 /颊骨 noun (bone)
- 顴骨 /颧骨 noun (bone)
Chuvash
1 entries- пит шӑмми noun (bone)
Czech
1 entries- lícní kost noun (bone)
Dutch
1 entries- jukbeen noun (bone)
Esperanto
2 entries- vangosto noun (bone)
- zigomo noun (bone)
Estonian
1 entries- sarnaluu noun (bone)
Finnish
1 entries- poskiluu noun (bone)
French
2 entries- pommette noun (bone)
- zygoma noun (bone)
German
3 entries- Backenknochen noun (bone)
- Jochbein noun (bone)
- Wangenknochen noun (bone)
Hungarian
1 entries- járomcsont noun (bone)
Ido
1 entries- zigomato noun (bone)
Ingrian
1 entries- poskipää noun (bone)
Italian
4 entries- malare noun (bone)
- osso malare noun (bone)
- osso zigomatico noun (bone)
- zigomo noun (bone)
Japanese
1 entries- 頬骨 noun (bone)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шана noun (bone)
Korean
1 entries- 광대뼈 noun (bone)
Latin
1 entries- māla noun (bone)
Latvian
1 entries- vaiga kauls noun (bone)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- entl'otth'ena' noun (bone)
Malay
4 entries- pasu-pasu noun (bone)
- tulang bercagak noun (bone)
- tulang pipi noun (bone)
- zigoma noun (bone)
Māori
1 entries- rei noun (bone)
Nogai
1 entries- бет суьеги noun (bone)
Persian
1 entries- استخوان گونه noun (bone)
Polish
1 entries- kość policzkowa noun (bone)
Portuguese
3 entries- maçã do rosto noun (bone)
- zigoma noun (bone)
- zigomático noun (bone)
Russian
1 entries- скула́ noun (bone)
Slovak
1 entries- lícna kosť noun (bone)
Slovene
1 entries- ličnica noun (bone)
Spanish
2 entries- cigoma noun (bone)
- pómulo noun (bone)
Swedish
3 entries- kindben noun (bone)
- kindknota noun (bone)
- okben noun (bone)
Tagalog
2 entries- buto ng pisngi noun (bone)
- butumpisngi noun (bone)
Turkish
1 entries- elmacık kemiği noun (bone)
Udmurt
1 entries- бамлы noun (bone)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́лиця noun (bone)
Uyghur
4 entries- زاڭاق noun (bone)
- زاڭاق noun (bone)
- ياڭاق noun (bone)
- ياڭاق noun (bone)
West-Frisian
2 entries- jokbonke noun (bone)
- wangbonke noun (bone)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Other injuries included a broken nose, a dislocated shoulder and a hairline fracture of a cheekbone.
Source: tatoeba (11978684)
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.
Source: wiktionary
A youngish-looking man came up to him, and aggressive-looking type with a hook mouth, a lantern nose, and small beady little cheekbones.
Source: wiktionary
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