English Explanatory Dictionary

shoulder blade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

shoulder blade shoulder blades shoulderblade shoulder-blade

Etymology

From Middle English schuldre blad, from Old English *sċuldorblæd, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldrublad.

Synonyms

scapula shoulder bone
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