shouldered

1. 1.

   having shoulders or shoulders as specified; usually used as a combining form

   “stoop-shouldered”

   “broad-shouldered”

Other forms of shouldered

comparative

shoulderedder·

superlative

shouldereddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shouldered

What does shouldered mean?

shouldered means "having shoulders or shoulders as specified; usually used as a combining form".

How many syllables are in shouldered?

shouldered has 2 syllables: shoul-dered. The stress falls on "shoul". In IPA it is /ˈʃoʊldɚd/.

Is shouldered a common word?

shouldered is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.