shoulder

The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.

(anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.

The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.

Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.

A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.

The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.

A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.

The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.

An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.

(printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.

(music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.

The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.

(firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.

(figuratively) That which supports or sustains; support.

The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.

(surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.

(aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.