shoulder

/ʃˈoʊldɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. lift onto one's shoulders
2. push with the shoulders
   “He shouldered his way into the crowd”
3. carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
   “shoulder the burden”

noun

1. the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
2. a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
3. a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
4. the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
   “an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform”
5. a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
   “the car pulled off onto the shoulder”

Synonyms for shoulder

• shoulder joint
• articulatio humeri
• berm

Words that rhyme with shoulder

• holder
• older
• smolder
• boulder
• cardholder
• folder
• officeholder
• beholder
• bondholder
• freeholder
• householder
• landholder
• molder
• moulder
• polder
• policyholder
• shareholder
• stakeholder
• stockholder
• bolder
• colder
• debtholder
• dolder
• golder
• junkholder
• mossholder
• nolder
• noteholder
• titleholder
• unitholder