Shoulder

Quick meaning: Shoulder is a noun meaning The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket.

Meaning

The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket.

More Meanings

1. Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
2. (topography) A shelf between two levels.
3. (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
4. (of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.
5. (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
6. The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
7. (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.

Example Sentences

He shouldered me out of my own band.

passage[…]in thy ſhoulder do I builde my Seate;

[…]As they the earth would ſhoulder from her ſeat,[…]

Around her numberless the rabble flowed, / Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.

Word Forms

• shoulders
• shouder
• shouldering
• shouldered

Synonyms for shoulder

Depending on context, synonyms include hook.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cover, wear, flange, chest, handle, bend.

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