Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheek bone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables: cheek bone
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of cheekbone.

Example Sentences

"A flush on his prominent cheek bones each afternoon hinted that a clinical thermometer might have revealed a symptom, and percussion might have established the fact that McGuire was breathing with only one lung, but his appearance remained the same."

Inflected Forms

cheek bones (plural)

Questions

What does cheek bone mean?: Alternative spelling of cheekbone.

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