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Plural of shoulder

regular plural

The plural of shoulder is shoulders.

Forms of shoulder

Singularshoulder /ˈʃəʊldə/
Pluralshoulders /ˈʃoʊldɚz/
Countablecountable

Shoulders in a sentence

  • The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 129
  • Her curly hair trailed along her shoulders and down her back.From the entry trail
  • This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders.From the entry destroy
  • The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.From the entry chamber
  • She was head and shoulders better than any of her rivals.From the entry head and shoulders

Meaning of shoulder

  1. noun The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
  2. noun The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
  3. noun A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.

Full definition of shoulder

Questions about the plural of shoulder

What is the plural of shoulder?
The plural of shoulder is shoulders.
Is shoulder countable?
Shoulder is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shoulder (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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