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cheekbone

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A side view of the skull, showing the cheekbone under the namezygomatic.

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FromMiddle Englishchekebon,chekbone, fromOld Englishċēacbān(“cheekbone”); equivalent tocheek +‎bone. CompareDutchkaakbeen(“jawbone”).

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cheekbone (pluralcheekbones)

  1. The small prominent bone of the cheek.
    • 1921,Ben Travers, chapter 1, inA Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company, published1925,→OCLC:
      She was like a BeardsleySalome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the highcheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
    • 1982,Douglas Adams,Life, the Universe and Everything, page113:
      A youngish-looking man came up to him, and aggressive-looking type with a hook mouth, a lantern nose, and small beady littlecheekbones.

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bone
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