Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The malar bone, forming the prominence below the outer angle of the eye.
  • noun The superior maxillary or upper jaw-bone, forming most of the bony basis of the upper jaw.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The small prominent bone of the cheek.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

Etymologies

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

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