shoulders

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shoulders

/ˈʃoʊldɚz/ US
/ˈʃəʊldəz/ UK

noun

plural plural of shoulder
The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
Capacity for bearing a task or blame. The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders.

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of shoulder

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: shoulder joint, articulatio humeri, horses, bore, backs, took, assumes, axes, axles, bears, blackbirds, epaulettes, inches, pads, palettes, pallets

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@misc{shoulders_2026,
  title = {shoulders},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoulders},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}