shoulder
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket.
Other meanings
The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
A kind of
- body part
Related words
- foreshoulder
- shoulderbag
- shoulderbelt
- shoulderer
- shoulderette
- shoulderful
- Shouldergate
- shoulderless
- shoulderlike
- shoulderload
- tubeshoulder
- unshoulder
Word history
From Old English "sċuldra".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shoulder” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.