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Synonyms for shoulder

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 4, High CampObjects

a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

The car pulled off onto the shoulder.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

berm

Same sentence, swapped: The car pulled off onto the berm.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for shoulder as it is used in the sentence above.

border
union
hem

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Closest first: other objects words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

spikenounspindleany holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed objectHigh CampHas a reason line stylusnounstylea pointed tool for writing or drawing or engravingHigh CampHas a reason line symbolicadjectiveemblematicserving as a visible symbol for something abstractHigh Camp busnouncoacha vehicle carrying many passengersFoothillsHas a reason line carnounmachinea motor vehicle with four wheelsFoothills casenounexamplean occurrence of somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line unequaladjectiveinadequatelacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a taskHigh CampHas a reason line unequivocaladjectivedefinitiveclearly defined or formulatedHigh Camp2 senses

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