Cheekbone

Alternative forms

• cheek bone

Origin

From Middle English chekbon, from Old English ċēacbān ("cheekbone"), equivalent to cheek + bone.

Full definition of cheekbone

Noun

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