shoulder bone

1. 1.

   either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings

   Synonymsscapulashoulder blade

   Broaderbone

   Part ofendoskeletonshoulder

   Partsglenoid fossaacromion

Questions about shoulder bone

What does shoulder bone mean?

shoulder bone means "either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings".

What is another word for shoulder bone?

Close synonyms include scapula, shoulder blade. 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 shoulder bone a common word?

shoulder bone 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.