jawbone
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++jaw·bone /ˈdʒɔːbəʊn $ ˈdʒɒːboʊn/ noun [countable] HBHHBABODYone of the bones that your teeth are in, especially the lower bone 颌骨〔尤指下颌骨〕
Examples from the Corpus
jawbone• He took hold of the face and jawbone and tried to restore a more normal appearance.• Only the tightly clenched line of her jawbone revealed the enormous effort it was taking her just to stand upright.• Across the River Esk is a whale's jawbone arch, a reminder of the town's maritime history.• He passed scattered jawbones, pale twists of wood.• These gave it the appearance of the half-submerged jawbone of some long-dead behemoth.• When he turned his head to look at her the flesh folded underneath the jawbone into the beginnings of a double chin.• The jawbone felt as cold as a joint of beef in a supermarket deep-freeze.jaw·bone nounChineseSyllable
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jawbone
jaw‧bone /ˈdʒɔːbəʊn $ ˈdʒɒːboʊn/
noun [countable]
one of the bones that your teeth are in, especially the lower bone
jaw‧bone /ˈdʒɔːbəʊn $ ˈdʒɒːboʊn/
noun [countable]one of the bones that your teeth are in, especially the lower bone
