cheekbone
/ˈtʃiːkbəʊn
/noun
The bone below the eye: she swept her hair back from her face to emphasize her high cheekbones...
- She slipped and fell while she was out shopping, and has fractured her cheekbone, and a bone in her upper arm.
- I quickly regained my footing and rubbed at the sore spot just below my cheekbone.
- They'd also left two gouges running diagonally across the cheekbone down to the jaw.