cheek

cheek

1. 

a. either side of the face, esp that part below the eye

b. either side of the oral cavity; side of the mouth

2. a side of a door jamb

3. Nautical one of the two fore-and-aft supports for the trestletrees on a mast of a sailing vessel, forming part of the hounds

4. one of the jaws of a vice

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Cheek

A narrow upright face, forming the end or side of an architectural or structural member or one side of an opening.

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cheek

[chēk]

(anatomy)

The wall of the mouth in humans and other mammals.

(metallurgy)

Portion of a three-part flask between the cope and the drag.

(zoology)

The lateral side of the head in submammalian vertebrates and in invertebrates.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

cheek

1. A narrow upright face forming the end or side of an architectural or structural member, or one side of an opening.

2. A narrow upright face forming the end or a side of an architectural or structural member.

3. The upright face of one side of an opening.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.