cheekbonenoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈtʃiːk.bəʊn/us/ˈtʃiːk.boʊn/one of the two bones at the top of your cheeks, just below your eye and towards your ear:
She has the high cheekbones of a supermodel.
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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