Jaws

/d͡ʒɔːz/

Synonyms for "jaws" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

bazoo bill chaps chops claws clutches digits embouchure fang fangs finger

Noun(3 words)

bite blabber clamp

Strong matches (21)

fingernails fingers gab gob hand hands hook hooks instrument jaw jowl jowls kisser lips mandibles

Noun(6 words)

gab gapes gnaw jabber jawbones mandibles

Related words (34)

maw maxilla maxillae meathooks mitts mouth mug mush muzzle nail nails nipper nippersoral cavitypalm paw pincers pounce pounces premaxilla

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talons teeth tool trap unguals ungulae yap

Noun(7 words)

maw maws maxillae mouth prattle snap yak

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More general

9 entries

anatomical featureanatomical structurebitebody partgrasp seize speak talk verbalize

More specific

12 entries

bite blabber clamp gab jabberlower jaworal cavityoral openingprattle snapupper jawyak

Collocations

12 entries

clenched jawsjaw jointjaw movementjaw musclejaw pressurejawbone fracturejawlinejaws of lifelower jawspowerful jawsstrong jawsupper jaws

Inflections

2 entries

jawed jawing

Derivations

6 entries

jawbone jawed jawing jawless jawlike jawline

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Though I may be in the jaws of death, I am as a firm as a rock.

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Our ancestors developed massive jaws as a result of constant combat.

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The boy's father entered the water and tried in vain to grab him from the alligator's jaws.

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Tom snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

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