cheekbone (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cheekbone*:
NOUN	body	cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum	the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

cheekbone > pronunciation
Sounds	chiy'kbow.n
Rhymes	acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own...

English > *cheekbone*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Synonyms	zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum
Part of	skull	The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
Parts	jugale, jugal point	The craniometric point at the union of the frontal / frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone
	zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus	The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
	zygomatic process	A slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch
Broader	bone, os	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Spanish	cigomático, hueso cigomático, malar, os zygomaticum, pómulo
Catalan	jugal, malar, mel, os zigomàtic, pòmul

HyperDic: cheekbone