English

A side view of the skull, showing the cheekbone under the name zygomatic.

Alternative forms

• cheek bone

Noun

cheekbone ‎(plural cheekbones)

1. The small prominent bone of the cheek.
   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.

Synonyms

• malar bone
• zygoma
• zygomatic bone

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