cheekboned

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adjective

Having a specific type of cheekbone

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Meanings

adjectivecheekboned (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a specific type of cheekbone

    WHITLEY Impressively cheekboned folk pop merchant has a knack with banter and hooks .

    2009 January 15, “Rock, Pop and Roots”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2009
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    One young, long-sideburned riding instructor had been a successful account executive in a leading New York ad agency; another riding instructor, a high-cheekboned blond girl, had worked as a research chemist in Chicago.

    1969 June 27, LIFE, volume 66, number 25, page 56

    Late Saturday night she joined Brian and Jerry Schwartz and two cheekboned blondes and the lead singer and the lead guitarist from one of her favorite bands for drinks on the little railed-in aerie that Brian had rigged on the roof of the Generator.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From cheekbone + -ed.

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APA

cheekboned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheekboned

MLA

“cheekboned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheekboned. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheekboned,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheekboned.

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