'Jowl' definitions:
Definition of 'jowl'
(from WordNet)
noun
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth [syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl]
noun
A fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
Definition of 'Jowl'
From: GCIDE
- Jowl \Jowl\ (joul or j[=o]l), n. [For older chole, chaul, AS. ceaft jaw. Cf. Chaps.] The cheek; the jaw. [Written also jole, choule, chowle, and geoule.] [1913 Webster]
- Cheek by jowl, with the cheeks close together; side by side; in close proximity. "I will go with thee cheek by jole." --Shak. " Sits cheek by jowl." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jowl'
From: GCIDE
- Jowl \Jowl\, v. t. To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- How the knave jowls it to the ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jowl'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bank,
- bazoo,
- beam,
- border,
- broadside,
- chaps,
- cheek,
- chop,
- chops,
- coast,
- embouchure,
- flank,
- gab,
- gob,
- hand,
- handedness,
- haunch,
- hip,
- jaw,
- jaws,
- jowls,
- kisser,
- laterality,
- lips,
- mandibles,
- many-sidedness,
- maw,
- maxilla,
- mouth,
- mug,
- multilaterality,
- mush,
- muzzle,
- oral cavity,
- planking,
- premaxilla,
- profile,
- quarter,
- shore,
- side,
- siding,
- temple,
- trap,
- unilaterality,
- yap