# jowl

> English word · Noun · IPA /d͡ʒaʊl/ · frequency rank #87,426

## Definitions
1. The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.

## Etymology
From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). The modern form (for expected chavel, chawl; still found dialectally) is influenced by jaw, which it is a partial doublet of.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jowl