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Meaning of JAWBONE

Pronunciation:  'jo`bown

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth
  2. [v]  talk idly or casually, in a friendly way
 
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 Synonyms: jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze, submaxilla
 
 See Also: articulator, bone, chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, claver, condylar process, condyloid process, confab, confabulate, coronoid process of the mandible, gnathion, gonion, gossip, jaw, jaw, lantern jaw, mandibular condyle, mandibular notch, natter, os, pogonion, symphysion, visit

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Jaw"bone`\, n.
The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
 
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