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1. (n.) jowl
a jaw, esp. the lower jaw.
2. jowl
the cheek.
3. jowl
the meat of the cheek of a hog.
4. (n.) jowl
a fold of flesh hanging from the jaw, as of a person who is fat.
5. jowl
the dewlap of cattle.
6. jowl
the wattle of fowls.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME cholle, OE ceole throat; c. OS, OSG Kela)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl
the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
2. (noun) jowl
a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) jowl
the cheek; the jaw
2. (verb) jowl
to throw, dash, or knock
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