rhomboid muscle

1. 1.

   any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade

   Synonymsrhomboid

   Broaderskeletal muscle

   Narrowerrhomboideus major musclerhomboid minor muscle

Questions about rhomboid muscle

What does rhomboid muscle mean?

rhomboid muscle means "any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade".

What is another word for rhomboid muscle?

Close synonyms include rhomboid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rhomboid muscle a common word?

rhomboid muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.