Mandible vs. Jaw

Mandiblenoun

The lower jaw, especially the lower jawbone.

Jawnoun

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

Mandiblenoun

One of a pair of mouthparts of an arthropod, designed for holding food.

Jawnoun

The part of the face below the mouth.

‘His jaw dropped in amazement.’;

Mandiblenoun

The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; - also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds.

Jawnoun

(figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.

‘the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.’;

Mandiblenoun

The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.

Jawnoun

A notch or opening.

Mandiblenoun

the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth

Jawnoun

A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.

‘the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.’;

Mandiblenoun

the jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.

Jawnoun

One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.

‘the jaws of a vise; the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.’;

Mandiblenoun

either of the upper and lower parts of a bird's beak

‘the drake is all black except for an orange mark on the upper mandible’;

Jawnoun

(nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

Mandiblenoun

either half of the crushing organ in an arthropod's mouthparts.

Jawnoun

Impudent or abusive talk.

Mandible

In anatomy, the mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human facial skeleton. It forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth in place.

Jawnoun

(slang) Axle guard.

Jawnoun

(snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.

Jawverb

(transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.

Jawverb

(intransitive) To scold; to clamor.

Jawverb

To talk; to converse.

Jawverb

(of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.

Jawadjective

(used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump)

Jawnoun

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

Jawnoun

Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.

Jawnoun

A notch or opening.

Jawnoun

The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

Jawnoun

Impudent or abusive talk.

Jawverb

To scold; to clamor.

Jawverb

To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose.

Jawverb

To assail or abuse by scolding.

Jawnoun

the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

Jawnoun

the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

Jawnoun

holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

Jawverb

talk socially without exchanging too much information;

‘the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze’;

Jawverb

talk incessantly and tiresomely

Jawverb

chew (food);

‘He jawed his bubble gum’; ‘Chew your food and don't swallow it!’; ‘The cows were masticating the grass’;

Jawverb

censure severely or angrily;

‘The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car’; ‘The deputy ragged the Prime Minister’; ‘The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup’;

Jaw

The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food. The term jaws is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault of the mouth and serving to open and close it and is part of the body plan of humans and most animals.