jaw meaning
EN
[d͡ʒɔː] [d͡ʒɔ] [d͡ʒɑ] [-ɔː] 
US WJaw
- The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food.
- NounPLjaws
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- His jaw dropped in amazement.
- (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.
- A notch or opening.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.
- 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.
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- (slang, dated) Impudent or abusive talk.
- (slang) Axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- VerbSGjawsPRjawingPT, PPjawed
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- Particle
- (used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump).
- (used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The tooth-bearing portion of the lower jaws are short so that the postcoronoid portion is longer than the precoronoid one.
- The firemen had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.
- The red wobbled in the jaws of the pocket, but didn't go down.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Indeed, the red enamel band of ever-growing incisors of rodents extends across the whole crown of the tooth, including the part enclosed in the alveolous within the jaw.
- He had beat the shit out of her. Almost broke her jaw.
- Modern Gymnarchus have teeth that vary in shape from incisiform at the symphysis to caniniform distally on the jaw.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of jaw in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Particles
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "jaw" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a particle. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.