SHOULDER
Scrabble letter values: S1H4O1U1L1D2E1R1 = 12
Definition
- verb lift onto one's shoulders.
- verb push with the shoulders.
- verb carry a burden, either real or metaphoric.
- noun the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm.
- noun a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg.
- noun a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula. — synonyms: shoulder_joint, articulatio_humeri
- noun the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder.
- noun a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road. — synonyms: berm
Examples
- “He shouldered his way into the crowd”
- “shoulder the burden”
- “an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform”