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cheekbone

[ cheek-bohn ]

noun

  1. the zygomatic bone.
  2. the part of that bone below the eye forming the prominence of the cheek.
  3. the area of the cheek overlying this bone.


cheekbone

/ ˈʃːˌəʊ /

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for zygomatic bone malar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cheekbone1

before 1000; Middle English chekbon, Old English ceacban. See cheek, bone ( def )
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Example Sentences

PC Attwell, who was in court surrounded by family and colleagues, spent days in hospital with severe facial injuries including a fractured cheekbone, eye socket and broken nose.

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With his dark eyes and chiseled cheekbones, he was slotted into mostly boring love-interest roles.

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He was struck accidentally near his cheekbone as the Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin leapt for a rebound in the second quarter at Wells Fargo Center.

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Beauty is not “dependent on the color of your eyes or the color of your hair or your cheekbones or your weight,” she says.

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CNN reporter Alayna Tree confirmed that those cheekbones were a major factor in this pick: “Trump also thinks he has the look,” one source told her.

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