cheekbone

«cheekbone» in Mova's school dictionary: the bones at the top of your cheeks, just below your eyes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a cheekbone, cheekbones)

meaning for a pupil

Your cheekbones are the bones at the top of your cheeks, just below your eyes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the skeleton pupils find the cheekbones on the skull. In stories «high cheekbones» describes someone's face. In safety and first aid, a blow to the cheekbone can cause a bad bruise.

examples

• She has high cheekbones. tree →
• The ball hit him just below the cheekbone. tree →
• Feel your cheekbones under your eyes. tree →
• The skull has two cheekbones. tree →
• Her cheekbone was bruised after the fall. tree →
• The artist drew shadows under the cheekbones. tree →

note

One word. Usually used in the plural for both sides of the face. The proper science name is the «zygomatic bone».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cheekbone» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.