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The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
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cheekbone
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Word definitions for cheekbone in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
cheekbone \cheekbone\ n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek. Syn: zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The small prominent bone of the cheek.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE high ▪ Despite the difference in their ages, the two women were strikingly alike, with small smooth-skinned faces and high cheekbones . ▪ He has high cheekbones , and a longish nose. ▪ Her skin was cleft with deep ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: zygomatic bone , mala , malar bone , jugal bone , os zygomaticum ]
Usage examples of cheekbone.
An Aberdonian, he resembled one of the black Aberdeen Angus cattle from his native territory: black curls tumbling over a broad forehead, liquid dark eyes always on the lookout for the red rag, wide cheekbones seeming to drag his fleshy nose across his face, full lips always moist.
His coppery skin and high cheekbones bespoke the Amerind heritage he was likewise heir to, and the sea breezes lifted his long black hair back from his well-muscled shoulders.
His coppery skin, high cheekbones, and long black hair bespoke some Amerind blood, though his white shirt and khaki canvas slacks were the latest in corp casual.
Tall, even for an elf, he looked human because of his extraordinary build and the high cheekbones his Amerind blood granted him.
It shone on the high cheekbones that hinted at Amerind heritage, on the delicate features almost eclipsed by those protruding structures.
As she saw the last time, the lines seemed especially predominant near his chin, cheeks, nose, and forehead areas, running mostly vertical on his forehead, diagonally and horizontally on his nose, vertically and diagonally on his chin and cheekbones, with a strange sort of oval or circular pattern around his eyes.
Not only did his strange hair stand out blatantly, but so did the taut, blue tendons beneath his skin, especially by his cheekbones, nose, and chin, the tensest areas of his skin.
Her cheekbones were high and flat and just beginning to take on that bronze tint he had noticed during previous summers, all gifts of her Aleut heritage, although the high bridge of her nose was all Anglo and the jut of her chin as Athabascan as it got.
It was printed over one broad, high cheekbone with a blackwork tattoo fine as engraving, an abstract patterned curl.
Ben with his chestnut hair above a plump face and sharp chin, John more nearly tow-headed, with high cheekbones and a jaw as blockily solid as an anvil.
He looked like Saint Stephen after the first volley of stones, with a bruise on his chin and a first-rate black eye, empurpled from browridge to cheekbone and swollen quite shut.
The Buriats are a broad-shouldered race inclined to stoutness, with small slanting eyes, thick lips, high cheekbones, broad and flat noses and scanty beards.
Good busts of Caesar all possess certain similarities: the frown lines, the creases at the outer corners of the eyes, the ears, the extraordinary cheekbones, and the slightly uptilted lips.
French carried a Cairene intonation that went with his hawklike nose and high cheekbones.
This Cavaliere Aquamorta--he had the Order of the Golden Spur from his Holiness--was a tall spare man of a striking, if truculent, presence, with a high forehead, prominent eyebrows, densely black, cheekbones like razors, a complexion of walnut, and burning dark eyes.