shoulders
Syllables: shoul·dersUK/ˈʃəʊldəz//ˈʃoʊldɚz/
shoulders noun: the two shoulders and the upper portion of the back. Also the plural of shoulder.
Noun
shoulders
- The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
- Capacity for bearing a task or blame.
- The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders.
Also used as
shoulders is also the plural of shoulder.
shoulders is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoulder.
shoulders meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
shoulders in Hindi
- कंधे
shoulders in Tamil
- தோள்கள், தோள்பட்டைகள்
shoulders in Marathi
- खांदे
shoulders in Urdu
- کندھے, کندھوں
More languagesFewer languages
- shoulders in Telugu
- భుజాలు, భుజాల
- shoulders in Malayalam
- തോളുകൾ, ചുമലുകൾ
- shoulders in Kannada
- ಭುಜಗಳು
- shoulders in Gujarati
- ખભાઓ
- shoulders in Nepali
- काँधहरू
Words formed from shoulders
Phrases with shoulders
- rub shoulders
- cold shoulders
- drop shoulders
- hard shoulders
- rubs shoulders
- soft shoulders
- frozen shoulders
- rubbed shoulders
- hip and shoulders
- rubbing shoulders
- head and shoulders
- shoulders to cry on
36 more phrasesFewer phrases
- square one's shoulders
- head on one's shoulders
- stand on the shoulders of
- stood on the shoulders of
- stands on the shoulders of
- old head on young shoulders
- good head on one's shoulders
- stand on someone's shoulders
- standing on the shoulders of
- stood on someone's shoulders
- wise head on young shoulders
- had a head on one's shoulders
- has a head on one's shoulders
- stands on someone's shoulders
- have a head on one's shoulders
- weight off someone's shoulders
- standing on someone's shoulders
- having a head on one's shoulders
- stand on the shoulders of giants
- stood on the shoulders of giants
- stands on the shoulders of giants
- keep one's head on one's shoulders
- kept one's head on one's shoulders
- standing on the shoulders of giants
- keep one's head upon one's shoulders
- kept one's head upon one's shoulders
- keeping one's head on one's shoulders
- keeps one's head upon one's shoulders
- keeping one's head upon one's shoulders
- pygmy placed on the shoulders of giants
- dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
- pygmies placed on the shoulders of giants
- dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
- dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants
- you can't put a wise head on young shoulders
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
Questions about shoulders
- What does shoulders mean?
- Shoulders means the two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
- What is shoulders in Hindi?
- Shoulders in Hindi is कंधे. See Shoulders meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shoulders?
- Shoulders is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shoulders?
- Shoulders is pronounced /ˈʃoʊldɚz/ (US).
Words near shoulders in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shoulders (page history and authors); shoulders (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoulders (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoulders (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoulders (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoulders (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoulders (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoulders (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoulders (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoulders (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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