shoulder
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket.
Noun 4 meanings
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket.
“The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.”
Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
A shelf between two levels.
“He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.”
The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
Verb 4 meanings
To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
“He shouldered me out of my own band.”
To put (something) on one's shoulders.
To place (something) against one's shoulders.
Etymology
From Middle English schuldre, sholder, shulder, schulder, from Old English sċuldra, sċuldor (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru (“shoulder”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), see shield.
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SHOULDER at a glance
SHOULDER has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + U 1 + L 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,962 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with shoulder
All rhymes- UNDER6
- ORDER6
- CONSIDER11
- LEADER7
- WONDER10
- OLDER6
- MURDER9
- BORDER9
- GENDER8
- HARDER10
- COMMANDER16
- FOUNDER11
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