לֶסֶת
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Meanings
Feminine noun
1. jaw, mandible (anatomy)
Pronunciation
léset
Examples7
Our ancestors developed massive jaws as a result of constant combat.
He got a broken jaw and lost some teeth.
My jaw hurts.
I punched his jaw.
The bullet shattered his jaw and got lodged vertically in a vertebra in his neck.
The human jaw gradually became smaller but the number of teeth didn't, and thus arose a serious real estate problem in the jaw.