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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Injury updates Royals relief pitcher Hunter Harvey, who has been coming back from a strained teres major muscle (located in the upper right back, near the shoulder blade) threw a scoreless inning Sunday for Double-A Northwest Arkansas while on a rehabilitation assignment.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2025
In the bottom of the ninth, not long after the melee in the top of the inning, Padres closer Robert Suarez hit Ohtani in the right shoulder blade with a 100 mph fastball and was immediately ejected.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 20 June 2025
For example, the dampener attachment is ideal for tender or sensitive muscles, the wedge attachment is useful for shoulder blades and IT muscles, and the standard ball attachment can be used all over.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 7 July 2025
Recommended: Bar-B-Q Heaven's turkey ribs These are not the bird's actual ribs, but rather its shoulder blades.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 18 June 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2025
In the bottom of the ninth, not long after the melee in the top of the inning, Padres closer Robert Suarez hit Ohtani in the right shoulder blade with a 100 mph fastball and was immediately ejected.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 20 June 2025
For example, the dampener attachment is ideal for tender or sensitive muscles, the wedge attachment is useful for shoulder blades and IT muscles, and the standard ball attachment can be used all over.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 7 July 2025
Recommended: Bar-B-Q Heaven's turkey ribs These are not the bird's actual ribs, but rather its shoulder blades.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 18 June 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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