jaw
Cheek denotes:
- the cheekbones , see jaw (anatomy)
- as buttocks , buttocks or buttocks (vulgar and buttocks ) the fatty two halves of the human buttocks, see Regio glutaea
- the cheek (Latin bucca ) as part of the face
- the pork cheek , a piece of pork head meat
- As an apple cheek, usually the red side of apples, pears and similar fruit, see fruit ripening
- part of the mechanical brake as a brake shoe
- The shorter lever arm of a pair of pliers that engages the workpiece as a gripping jaw
- as a stock rail the component of a railway switch corresponding to a switch tongue
- the old-fashioned cheek rest on the rifle butt
- on a vice each of the two parts holding the workpiece
- the movable clamping elements on a chuck
The place is called
cheek
- Backe (Sweden) in the northern Swedish province of Jämtlands län
Backe is the family name of the following people:
- Arnold Backe (1872–1956), Norwegian chemist
- Ewald Backe (1897–1968), German National Socialist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Backe (1800–1846), German lawyer and university professor
- Hans Backe (* 1952), Swedish football coach
- Hartmut Backe (* 1941), German physicist
- Herbert Backe (1896–1947), German politician (NSDAP) and Reich Minister of Food
- Mari Backe (* 1987), Norwegian ski jumper
- Rutger Backe (* 1951), Swedish football player
See also:
Wiktionary: Backe - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
