Jawbone

Synonyms for "jawbone" (41 found)

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Translations

69 translations across 36 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kakebeen noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σιαγών noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Brunei Bisaya

1 entries
  • ajai noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Catalan

1 entries
  • mandíbula noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • tuleang ingaih noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 顎骨 /颚骨 noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kaaksbeen noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alaleuanluu noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • leuan luu noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • leukaluu noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • puhua ympäri verb (to persuade)

French

3 entries
  • mandibule noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • mâchoire noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • mâchoire inférieure noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Galician

4 entries
  • mandíbula noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • queixada noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • queixada noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • queixo noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ყბის ძვალი noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • ყბის ძვალი noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

German

3 entries
  • Kiefer noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • Kieferknochen noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • einnorden verb (to persuade)

Greek

2 entries
  • γνάθος noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • κάτω γνάθος noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • állkapocscsont noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • állkapocscsont noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 顎骨 noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Korean

2 entries
  • 거흠 noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • 턱뼈 noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • crjono noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • crjono noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Lower Tanana

1 entries
  • yatth'ena' noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Malay

4 entries
  • mandibel noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • rahang bawah noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • tulang bercagak noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • tulang pengancing noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • эрүүний яс noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • cêlefek noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • видлїцова косц noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • видлїцова косц noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Polish

3 entries
  • dolna szczęka noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • szczęka noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • żuchwa noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • mandíbula noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • mandíbula noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • queixo noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Russian

2 entries
  • че́люстная кость noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • че́люсть noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • peirceall noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • pìos ìosal a' ghuib noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • čeljust noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • чељуст noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Spanish

1 entries
  • mandíbula noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Swahili

1 entries
  • utaya noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Swedish

2 entries
  • käkben noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • underkäksben noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sihang noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தாடை noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Turkish

1 entries
  • çene kemiği noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Walloon

4 entries
  • babetch noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • badjawe noun (bone of the lower jaw)
  • djawe noun (any of the bones in the jaw)
  • mashale noun (any of the bones in the jaw)

Welsh

1 entries
  • genogl noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קינביין noun (bone of the lower jaw)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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After the forest fire ravaged the hillside, Mary killed every predatory beast with the jawbone of an ass and ate the burned remains of every creature until she could not move.

Source: tatoeba (7031179)

“What we are able to do with the jawbone was compare it to closely related pterosaurs that are complete, and essentially just extrapolate from there,” Tim said.

Source: tatoeba (10238498)

The genetic evidence comes from an unusually well-preserved polar bear jawbone with a canine tooth still attached to it — a rare find because most polar bear carcasses are consumed by scavengers or sink to the sea bottom. The DNA mapped from the jawbone is the earliest mammalian genome ever sequenced.

Source: tatoeba (12218319)

14 ¶ And when he came vnto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes became as flaxe that was burnt with fire, & his bands loosed from off his hands. 15 And he found a new iawbone of an asse, and put foorth his hand, and tooke it, and slewe a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men. 17 And it came to passe when he had made an end of speaking, that hee cast away the iaw bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-Lehi.

Source: wiktionary

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