Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trapezius

1 sense of trapezius

Sense 1
trapezius, trapezius muscle, cowl muscle, musculus trapezius -- (either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms)
       => skeletal muscle, striated muscle -- (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)