SCAPULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scapular mean? 

• SCAPULAR (noun)
  The noun SCAPULAR has 2 senses:

1. a feather covering the shoulder of a bird

2. garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit

  Familiarity information: SCAPULAR used as a noun is rare.

• SCAPULAR (adjective)
  The adjective SCAPULAR has 1 sense:

1. relating to or near the shoulder blade

  Familiarity information: SCAPULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAPULAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feather covering the shoulder of a bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("scapular" is a kind of...):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

scapular; scapulary

Hypernyms ("scapular" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Holonyms ("scapular" is a part of...):

monastic habit (a long loose habit worn by monks in a monastery)

• SCAPULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or near the shoulder blade

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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