jowl

English Thesaurus

1. the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth (noun.body)

hypernym	:	articulator,
definition	:	a movable speech organ (noun.body)

hypernym	:	jaw,
definition	:	the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth (noun.body)

hyponym	:	lantern jaw,
definition	:	a long thin lower jaw (noun.body)

part holonym	:	gnathion,
definition	:	the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline (noun.body)

part holonym	:	gonion,
definition	:	the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw (noun.body)

part holonym	:	mandibular notch,
definition	:	small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone (noun.body)

part holonym	:	pogonion,
definition	:	the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin (noun.body)

part holonym	:	symphysion,
definition	:	the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible (noun.body)

part holonym	:	condylar process, condyloid process, mandibular condyle,
definition	:	the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull (noun.body)

part holonym	:	coronoid process of the mandible,
definition	:	the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle (noun.body)

2. a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) (noun.body)

hypernym	:	feature, lineament,
definition	:	the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin (noun.body)

part meronym	:	face, human face,
definition	:	the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear (noun.body)

3. the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth (noun.body)

derivation	:	inframaxillary, mandibular,
definition	:	relating to the lower jaw (adj.pert)

4. a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) (noun.body)

derivation	:	double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled,
definition	:	having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw (adj.all)

5. the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth (noun.body)

derivation	:	inframaxillary, mandibular,
definition	:	relating to the lower jaw (adj.pert)

6. a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) (noun.body)

derivation	:	double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled,
definition	:	having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw (adj.all)