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What is the noun for shoulders?

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shoulder
  1. The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
    1. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
    2. (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
    3. A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
    4. The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
  2. Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
  3. (topography) A shelf between two levels.
    1. A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder.
    2. The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
    3. A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
    4. The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
    5. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
  4. (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
  5. (of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.
    1. (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
    2. The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
    3. (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
  6. (figuratively) That which supports or sustains; support.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. deltoid, collarbone, trapezius, acromion, clavicle, humerus, infraspinatus, scapula, shoulder blade, upper arm, upper arm bone, rhomboid minor … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Perhaps a person regains control of his hand and forearm but is not able to rotate his shoulder sufficiently to shave.”
shouldering
  1. The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
  2. (architecture) The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
  3. A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
  4. The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. assumption, handling, managing, acceptance, undertaking, acquisition, tackling, adoption, embracing, putting on, taking on, taking up, embarkation on, entering on, entering upon, setting about … more
shoulderer
  1. One who carries a burden on his or her shoulders.
shoulderbelt
  1. A band or strap worn over the shoulder.
shoulderbag
  1. A bag worn on the shoulders.
shoulders
  1. plural of shoulder
  2. (anatomy) The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
  3. Capacity for bearing a task or blame.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. deltoids, collarbones, trapezii, acromions, clavicles, humeri, infraspinati, scapulas, shoulder blades, upper arms, pushes, nudges, jolts, shoves, elbows, prods, jabs, pokes, jostles, smacks, thrust, bumps, hits, butts, knocks, punch, strikes, thumps, bashes, jars, rams, taps, thwacks, dabs, digs, stabs, whacks, touch, barges, bangs, pulls, heaves, drives, plunges, impact, smashes, jogs, lunges, larrup, whaps … more
shoulderbelts
  1. plural of shoulderbelt
shoulderings
  1. plural of shouldering
  2. Synonyms:
      3. assumptions, handling, managings, acceptance, undertakings, acquisition, tacklings, adoption, embracings
shoulderbags
  1. plural of shoulderbag
shoulderers
  1. plural of shoulderer
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