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bow-faced en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having the front surface arced or bowed outward.
    • Southern exposure. That's what this bow-faced house by Minneapolis-based architect Jay Boyle requires. 1990, Timothy O. Bakke, "State-of-the-Art Houses": "Bow house", Popular Science 236(1): 58
    • If the lower teeth are prominent, I use what are called bow-faced teeth; make the gum a little concave rather than convex, then the lip will draw down to the teeth, rather than fly up over the gum. 1899, J. M. Smith, “Artificial Dentures”, in Western Dental Journal, 13(1): 9: