cheekbone
noun
cheek·bone
ˈchēk-ˌbōn 
: the prominence below the eye that is formed by the zygomatic bone
also
: zygomatic bone
Examples of cheekbone in a Sentence
He suffered a broken cheekbone.
She has high cheekbones, like her father.
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Numbing cream is applied to my face, and after around 15 minutes, Dr Benjamin administers the magic substance in a spot beneath each eye, towards the top of the cheekbone, and then again at two points on either side of my mouth.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2025
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Injectable treatments like fillers are often used to make faces proportionally thinner by heightening cheekbones and squaring out the jaw.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 20 May 2025
Giving a killer robot killer cheekbones and killer abs, but repeatedly showing us his Ken doll-style absence of genitals, becomes a peculiar piece of world-building that even supplemental dialogue can’t fix.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Numbing cream is applied to my face, and after around 15 minutes, Dr Benjamin administers the magic substance in a spot beneath each eye, towards the top of the cheekbone, and then again at two points on either side of my mouth.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Cheekbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheekbone. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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cheekbone
noun
cheek·bone
ˈchēk-ˈbōn
-ˌbōn
: the bone or the bony ridge below the eye
Medical Definition
cheekbone
noun
cheek·bone
ˈchēk-ˈbōn, -ˌbōn
: the prominence below the eye that is formed by the zygomatic bone
also
: zygomatic bone
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