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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth;
[syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl]

2. a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jowl \Jowl\, v. t. To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] How the knave jowls it to the ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jowl n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth [syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl] 2: a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "jowl": 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