English Explanatory Dictionary

netherjaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The lower jaw.

Word forms

netherjaw netherjaws nether jaw

Etymology

From Middle English nether jowe, a partial calque of earlier Middle English nether jawe, nethir jawle, neþer chawle (“lower jaw”), equivalent to nether- + jaw.

Antonyms

overjaw upper jaw
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