cheekbone

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/

Definition of cheekbone

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
    “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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Etymology

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

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