cheekbone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English chekebon, chekbone, from Old English ċēacbān (“cheekbone”); equivalent to cheek + bone. Compare Dutch kaakbeen (“jawbone”).
Meanings
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The small prominent bone of the cheek.
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.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:A youngish-looking man came up to him, and aggressive-looking type with a hook mouth, a lantern nose, and small beady little cheekbones.
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 113:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cheek bone | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cheekbones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
high-cheekboner · cheekboned · cheekbony
Synonyms
malar bone · zygomatic bone · zygoma
Translations (63)
de Backenknochen (bone) · fi poskiluu (bone) · hy այտոսկր (bone) · izh poskipää (bone) · tr elmacık kemiği (bone) · de Wangenknochen (bone) · it zigomo (bone) · ms zigoma (bone) · eo vangosto (bone) · fr zygoma (bone) · ca zigoma (bone) · it osso malare (bone) · ja 頬骨 (bone) · ms tulang bercagak (bone) · ar وَجْنَة (bone) · uk ви́лиця (bone) · sl ličnica (bone) · eo zigomo (bone) · fa استخوان گونه (bone) · cmn 顴骨 /颧骨 (bone) · it osso zigomatico (bone) · ca pòmul (bone) · nl jukbeen (bone) · et sarnaluu (bone) · sv kindknota (bone) · udm бамлы (bone) · pl kość policzkowa (bone) · io zigomato (bone) · ug ياڭاق (bone) · xal шана (bone) · ar عَظْم وَجْنِيّ (bone) · hu járomcsont (bone) · cv пит шӑмми (bone) · sv okben (bone) · taa -entl'otth'ena' (bone) · la māla (bone) · mi rei (bone) · fy wangbonke (bone) · tl butumpisngi (bone) · ms tulang pipi (bone) · bg скула (bone) · az almacıq (bone) · sv kindben (bone) · pt zigomático (bone) · tl buto ng pisngi (bone) · es cigoma (bone) · sk lícna kosť (bone) · pt zigoma (bone) · cmn 頰骨 /颊骨 (bone) · fy jokbonke (bone) · fr pommette (bone) · ko 광대뼈 (bone) · ug زاڭاق (bone) · es pómulo (bone) · de Jochbein (bone) · lv vaiga kauls (bone) · nog бет суьеги (bone) · ru скула́ (bone) · cs lícní kost (bone) · pt maçã do rosto (bone) · ms pasu-pasu (bone) · arz كرسي الخد (bone) · it malare (bone)