Meaning

2 senses
  1. The part of the face below the mouth; the jaw.

    Unterkiefer, Kiefer

    the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

  2. Specifically, the bone therein; the mandible of humans and other vertebrates that, with the cranium, composes the skull.

    Unterkieferknochen

Translations

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By meaning 2
part of the face below the mouth:
mandible of humans and other vertebrates:

Forms

plural: lower jaws
Singularlower jaw
Plurallower jaws

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
part of the face below the mouth:underjaw
jawbone:mandible
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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