EGAVE

shoulder

About 26.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
    The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.
  2. noun The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
    The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.
  3. noun The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
  4. noun A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
  5. noun The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
  6. noun Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
  7. noun A shelf between two levels. A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
    He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.
  8. noun A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
    He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.

Similar words

shoulder joint articulatio humeri cover wear flange chest handle bend embrace absorb

Often followed by

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Word family

shouldered shouldering shoulders

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