shoulder blade
noun
plural shoulder blades
: either of a pair of large, flat, triangular-shaped bones that lie above the rib cage on either side of the upper back : scapula
a fractured shoulder blade
He has a wing-shaped tribal tattoo between his shoulder blades.—
Cliff Mehrtens
Cliff Mehrtens… types who didn't wash and grew hair to their shoulder blades.—Curtis W. Casewit
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The scapula is the shoulder blade, and the area around it is muscle.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Bend your elbows and pull shoulder blades together to lower your chest to the box.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 16 June 2025
The protraction and retraction of the shoulder blades can also ease soreness from wearing a backpack.
—Ingrid Yang Md, Outside Online, 29 May 2025
Pain is usually felt in the back of the head and may involve the neck and between the shoulder blades.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Bend your elbows and pull shoulder blades together to lower your chest to the box.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 16 June 2025
The protraction and retraction of the shoulder blades can also ease soreness from wearing a backpack.
—Ingrid Yang Md, Outside Online, 29 May 2025
Pain is usually felt in the back of the head and may involve the neck and between the shoulder blades.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoulder blade
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“Shoulder blade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoulder%20blade. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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