Collocations withjaw
These are words often used in combination withjaw.
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bottom jaw
Cattle have thirty-two teeth, including six incisors or biting teeth and two canines in the front on the bottom jaw.
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broken jaw
How would payment for, say, a broken nose or a broken jaw be calculated?
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jaw bone
Over time, the jaw bone would begin to abscess.
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jaw joint
These elements are homologous to the bones and cartilage of the primary jaw joint in non-mammalian jawed vertebrates.
From theCambridge English Corpus
strong jaw
The eyes typically roll back or close and the tongue often suffers bruising or lacerations sustained by strong jaw contractions.
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upper jaw
The upper jaw presumably is highly protrusible.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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