English noun: jowl |
1. | jowl (body) the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth |
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| Synonyms | jawbone, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla |
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| Broader (hypernym) | articulator, jaw |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | lantern jaw |
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| Part holonym | condylar process, condyloid process, coronoid process of the mandible, gnathion, gonion, mandibular condyle, mandibular notch, pogonion, symphysion |
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2. | jowl (body) a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | feature, lineament |
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| Part meronym | face, human face |
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