jowl

Significado (inglés)

Noun

The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.

Verb

To throw, dash, or knock.

Sinónimos

jaw

cheek

double chin

mandible

lower jaw

mandibular bone

jawbone

submaxilla

lower jawbone

chin

mandibula

snout

buccula

underjaw

blister

lower mandible

chap

cheek pouch

chop

craw

crop

fleshy

gill

goitre

gorge

meaty

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/d͡ʒəʊl/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). The modern form (for expected chavel, chawl; still found dialectally) is influenced by jaw, which it is a partial doublet of.