cheekbone
/ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/
cheekbone noun: the small prominent bone of the cheek.
Noun
cheekbone (plural cheekbones)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- malar bone, zygoma, zygomatic bone
cheekbone meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
cheekbone in Bengali
- গালের হাড়
cheekbone in Kannada
- cheekbone
- ಶಂಖ śaṅkha
cheekbone in Tagalog
- bone
- buto ng pisngi, butumpisngi
cheekbone in Arabic
- bone
- وَجْنَة wajna, عَظْم وَجْنِيّ ʕaẓm wajniyy
More languagesFewer languages
- cheekbone in Malay
- tulang pipi, pasu-pasu, tulang bercagak, zigoma
- cheekbone in Persian
- استخوان گونه ostoxân-e gune
Examples of cheekbone in a sentence
- Her cheekbones sat high and round like tiny candied apples, and her lips were full and plump.
- Crystal is a gorgeous child: perfect skin, bright black eyes, cheekbones to die for.
- Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look.
Synonyms of cheekbone
Forms of cheekbone
| plural | cheekbones |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cheek bone |
Origin of cheekbone
From Middle English chekebon, chekbone, from Old English ċēacbān (“cheekbone”); equivalent to cheek + bone. Compare Dutch kaakbeen (“jawbone”).
Words formed from cheekbone
Questions about cheekbone
- What does cheekbone mean?
- Cheekbone means the small prominent bone of the cheek.
- What is cheekbone in Bengali?
- Cheekbone in Bengali is গালের হাড়. See Cheekbone meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is cheekbone?
- Cheekbone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cheekbone?
- Cheekbone is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/ (US).
- What is the plural of cheekbone?
- The plural of cheekbone is cheekbones.
Words near cheekbone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cheekbone (page history and authors); cheekbone (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಶಂಖ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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