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Uncommon
noun
•
The part
of an
animal's
body
between the
base
of the
neck
and
forearm
socket
.
The part of the human
torso
forming
a
relatively
horizontal
surface
running away
from the
neck
.
A
cut
of
meat
comprising
the
upper
joint
of the
foreleg
and the
surrounding
muscle
.
The
portion
of a
garment
where the
shoulder
is
clothed
.
•
In Anatomy:
The part
of an
animal's
body
between the
base
of the
neck
and
forearm
socket
.
The
joint
between the
arm
and the
torso
, sometimes including the
surrounding
muscles
,
tendons
, and
ligaments
.
•
Anything
forming
a
shape
resembling
a human
shoulder
.
•
A
shelf
between two
levels
.
A
verge
to the
side
of
a road
.
The
portion
of a
hill
or
mountain
just below the
peak
.
A
lateral
protrusion
of a
hill
or
mountain
.
The
angle
of a
bastion
included between the
face
and
flank
.
An
abrupt
projection
which
forms
an
abutment
on an
object
, or
limits
motion
, etc; such as the
projection
around a
tenon
at
the end
of a piece
of
timber
.
•
In Printing:
The
flat
portion
of
type
that is below the
bevelled
portion
that
joins up
with the
face
.
•
In Music:
The
portion
between the
neck
and the
body
.
The
rounded
portion
of a
stringed instrument
where the
neck
joins
the
body
.
•
The
portion
between the
neck
and the
body
.
The
rounded
portion
of a
bottle
where the
neck
meets
the
body
.
•
In Firearms:
The
portion
between the
neck
and the
body
.
The
angled
section
between the
neck
and the main
body
of a
cartridge
.
•
That which
supports
or
sustains
; support.
•
The part of a
key
between the
cuts
and the
bow
.
•
In Surfing:
The part of a
wave
that has
not yet
broken
.
verb
•
To
push
(a person or
thing
) using
one's
shoulder
.
•
To
put
(something) on
one's
shoulders
.
•
To
place
(something) against
one's
shoulders
.
•
To
bear
a
burden
, as a financial
obligation
.
•
To
accept
responsibility
for.
•
To form a
shape
resembling
a
shoulder
.
•
To
move
by or
as if
by using
one's
shoulders
.
•
To round and
slightly
raise
the
top edges
of
slate
shingles
so that
they form a
tighter
fit
at the
lower
edge
and can be
swung
aside
to
expose
the
nail
.
•
To
slope
downwards
from the
crest
and
whitewater
portion
of a
wave
.
•
Of a
servant
: to
embezzle
money
from (the
employer
).
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incur
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Rhymes
polder
bolder
colder
holder
boulder
smolder
shoulder
Lineage
shoulder
English
sholder
Middle English (1100-1500)
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