Usually means: Bone structure supporting teeth, face.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. jaw: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. jaw: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jaw: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jaw: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jaw: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jaw, jaw: Wordnik
  7. jaw: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. jaw: Wiktionary
  9. jaw: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jaw: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jaw: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. jaw: Dictionary.com
  13. jaw: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. jaw: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Jaw: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Jaw: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. jaw: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. jaw: Rhymezone
  19. jaw: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. jaw: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. JAW: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. Jaw: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. jaw: Free Dictionary
  24. jaw: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. jaw: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jaw: Dictionary of Symbolism

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jaw: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Jaw: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Jaw: Merck Manuals
  5. Jaw: MedFriendly Glossary
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. jaw: Medical dictionary
  8. Jaw: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. JAW: Acronym Finder
  4. JAW: Three Letter Words with definitions
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. jaw: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jaw: Natural History Terms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. jaw, jaw, jaw: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Jaw: Urban Dictionary
  3. Jaw: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. JAW: Billiard Terms of the Month

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Jaw, Jaw: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jaw)

noun:  One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
noun:  The part of the face below the mouth.
noun:  (figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
noun:  A notch or opening.
noun:  A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
noun:  One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
noun:  (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
noun:  (slang, dated) Impudent, abusive or worthless talk.
noun:  (slang) Axle guard.
noun:  (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
verb:  (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
verb:  (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
verb:  (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
adjective:  (used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump)

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