shoulder
/ˈʃoʊl·dər/ n [C] (BODY PART)Definition
› one of the two rounded, bony parts of a person’s body on either side of the neck where the top of the arm is joined: She put her head on my shoulder. › A shoulder of a road is an edge just beyond the part you drive along, where you can stop safely.
(Definition of shoulder n (BODY PART) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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