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shoulder blade

noun

  1. the scapula.


shoulder blade

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for scapula


shoulder blade

/ shōldər /

  1. See scapula


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shoulder blade1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

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Example Sentences

When it comes to the massage balls, lie on the floor or lean against a wall while placing the spheres between your shoulder blades and your spine.

The wool breathes well on its own, but Kitsbow added mesh-lined vents on each shoulder blade that help the shirt dump even more heat.

Keep your shoulder blades firmly held across your back and engage your core by pulling your low belly in and up.

In the new study, a digital, 3-D reconstruction of Little Foot’s more complete right shoulder blade was compared with right shoulder blades of chimps, gorillas, orangutans and present-day people.

Further comparisons were made with partial shoulder blades of 11 ancient hominids.

So they took the shoulder blade of an elk and built mounds like the first and buried the corn in them.

Philip's only garden tool was a hoe, made of clam shells or of a moose's shoulder-blade fastened to a wooden handle.

First, the shoulder blade is taken out, then the bone which follows down along the leg.

After taking out the shoulder blade the cutting must all be done from the inside.

When the shoulder blade is reached, push the flesh from it with the fingers, as in Fig. 35, until the wing joint is reached.

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