shoulder blade

noun

1. the scapula.

shoulder blade

noun

1. the nontechnical name for scapula

shoulder blade

1. See scapula

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoulder blade¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

"I just started stuffing cheese in my mouth cos I can't stop grinning. Isn't it funny? I was so nervous when Claudia squeezed my shoulder blade, and now I just love being a traitor."

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The arrowhead painfully “scrapes against the underside of her shoulder blade every time she moves,” according to DonkeyLand.

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"It's me trying to pinch my shoulder blades together," he said.

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He was left with a broken shoulder blade, fractured vertebrae, a cracked collar bone and needing plastic surgery - but was back at his desk within three months.

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He suffered a broken shoulder blade, fractured vertebrae and a cracked collarbone, while his wife, Margaret, was left permanently disabled by the bomb.

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