lower jaw

Questions about lower jaw

What does lower jaw mean?

lower jaw means "the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth".

What is another word for lower jaw?

Close synonyms include mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lower jaw a common word?

lower jaw is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.