shoulder blade
shoulder blade noun: either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
Noun
shoulder blade (plural shoulder blades)
- Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
- Synonyms:
- scapula, shoulder bone
shoulder blade meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
shoulder blade in Tamil
- bone
- தோள்பட்டை tōḷpaṭṭai
shoulder blade in Urdu
- shoulder blade
- شانہ śāna
shoulder blade in Telugu
- bone
- అంసఫలకము aṁsaphalakamu
shoulder blade in Malayalam
- bone
- അംസഫലകം aṁsaphalakaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- shoulder blade in Kannada
- ಹೆಗಲೆಲುಬು
- shoulder blade in Punjabi
- ਮੌਰ maur
- shoulder blade in Odia
- ପଖା pakhā
- shoulder blade in Sanskrit
- स्फ्य sphyá
- shoulder blade in Tagalog
- payumpong, paypay
- shoulder blade in Arabic
- لَوْح اَلْكَتِف lawḥ al-katif, عَظْم كَتِفِيّ ʕaẓm katifiyy
- shoulder blade in Malay
- tulang belikat, tulang kipas, tulang daun, tulang dayung
- shoulder blade in Indonesian
- tulang belikat
- shoulder blade in Persian
- شانه šāne
- shoulder blade in Thai
- กระดูกสะบัก grà-dùuk-sà-bàk
- shoulder blade in Vietnamese
- xương bả vai
Synonyms of shoulder blade
Forms of shoulder blade
| plural | shoulder blades |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shoulderblade |
| alternative form | shoulder-blade |
Origin of shoulder blade
From Middle English schuldre blad, from Old English *sċuldorblæd, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldrublad.
Questions about shoulder blade
- What does shoulder blade mean?
- Shoulder blade means either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
- What is shoulder blade in Tamil?
- Shoulder blade in Tamil is தோள்பட்டை (tōḷpaṭṭai). See Shoulder blade meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is shoulder blade?
- Shoulder blade is a noun.
- What is the plural of shoulder blade?
- The plural of shoulder blade is shoulder blades.
Words near shoulder blade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shoulder blade (page history and authors); شانہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); shoulder blade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮੌਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ପଖା (Odia) (page history and authors); स्फ्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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