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cheekbone

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/Part of speech nounSorted bceeehknoStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

Word origin

From Middle English chekebon, chekbone, from Old English ċēacbān (“cheekbone”); equivalent to cheek + bone. Compare Dutch kaakbeen (“jawbone”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • A youngish-looking man came up to him, and aggressive-looking type with a hook mouth, a lantern nose, and small beady little cheekbones.

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