Cheekbone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See zygomatic bone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The small prominent bone of the cheek.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
  • n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The malar bone, forming the prominence below the outer angle of the eye.
  • n. The superior maxillary or upper jaw-bone, forming most of the bony basis of the upper jaw.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
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