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shoulder blade

Word definitions for shoulder blade in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Do not press on the spine or the shoulder blade itself. ▪ Gobbets of pinkish-grey matter exploded from the exit wound below the right shoulder blade . ▪ Place only the fingertips on the shoulder blade . ▪ Rotating skin on the ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings [syn: scapula , shoulder bone ]