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round-shouldered

round-shouldered adjective: having a rounded upper back, and shoulders that bend forward.

Adjective

round-shouldered (comparative more round-shouldered, superlative most round-shouldered)

  1. Having a rounded upper back, and shoulders that bend forward.

Forms of round-shouldered

comparativemore round-shouldered
superlativemost round-shouldered

Questions about round-shouldered

What does round-shouldered mean?
Round-shouldered means having a rounded upper back, and shoulders that bend forward.
What part of speech is round-shouldered?
Round-shouldered is an adjective.

Words near round-shouldered in the dictionary

  1. round-ridging
  2. round-robin
  3. round-robin stories
  4. round-robin story
  5. round-robins
  6. round-shouldered
  7. round-table
  8. round-tabled
  9. round-tables
  10. round-tabling
  11. round-tailed muskrat

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