jowl

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Englisch - Englisch
the jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible

I had lain, therefore, all that time, cheek by jowl with Blackbeard himself, with only a thin shell of tinder wood to keep him from me, and now had thrust my hand into his coffin and plucked away his beard.

cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts
a fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin)
the cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog
{n} the cheek, face, head of a fish
To throw, dash, or knock
{i} jaw; cheek; meat from the cheek of a hog; section of skin which hangs down from the jaw (in an animal or human)
a fold of fatty flesh under the chin
the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth
If you say that people or things are cheek by jowl with each other, you are indicating that they are very close to each other. She and her family have to live cheek by jowl with these people. the skin that covers your lower jaw on either side of your face
The cheek; the jaw
a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
You can refer to someone's lower cheeks as their jowls, especially when they hang down towards their jaw
cheek by jowl
In close proximity; crammed uncomfortably close together

All sorts of people lived cheek by jowl in the old city.

tooth-to-jowl
Very close together

Having no safe, private sanitation facilities in areas where people are living tooth-to-jowl means going the whole day without relieving oneself and then risking exposure at night. - Millenium Project, ''Interim Report of Task Force 7 on Water and Sanitation, 2004-02-01.

Jowls
chops
cheek by jowl
in close proximity; "the houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl"
cheek by jowl
side by side, in close contact
cheek by jowl
in close proximity; "the houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl
jowls
plural of jowl; the folds of flesh hanging under the chin of fatter people
jowly
Someone who is jowly has fat cheeks which hang down towards their jaw
jowly
having conspicuous jowls
jowly
having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
jowly
{s} having a large jowl or jowls
jowl

    Türkische aussprache

    caul

    Synonyme

    dewlap, cheek, mandible

    Aussprache

    /ˈʤoul/ /ˈʤaʊl/

    Etymologie

    [ 'jau(&)l sometimes ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English chawl, chavel(l) 'jaw', from Old English ċeafl 'jaw', from Proto-Germanic *keblan (compare Dutch kevel 'gums', dial. (Flemish) kavel), variant of *kebran (compare German Kiefer 'jawbone'), from Proto-Indo-European *ĝep/b- (compare Irish gob 'mouth', Lithuanian žebiu 'to chew', Czech žábra 'gills', Avestan zafar 'mouth').
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