jowlnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/dʒaʊl/us/dʒaʊl/the loose skin and flesh under the jaw:
a bloodhound with heavy jowls (= loose folds of skin and flesh on the lower parts of its face)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- beak
- chin
- countenance
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- hairline
- nape
- neck
- nose
- nucha
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
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jowly
adjective uk/ˈdʒaʊ.li/us/ˈdʒaʊ.li/
She's become increasingly jowly (= the skin and flesh on the lower part of her face has become looser) as she's got older.