backbone
Meaning of backbone
noun
- The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce.
- Courage, fortitude, or strength.
He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone.
Information about backbone
- It is a name.
- The plural form of backbone is: backbones.
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Hyphenation of backbone
back-bone
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- backbone is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
backbone synonyms
Meaning anchor:
anchor, mainstay, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin
Meaning grit:
grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption
Meaning spinal column:
Meaning spine:
Translation of backbone
Words that rhyme with backbone
Bone, bone, redbone, Marylebone, anklebone, barebone, bladebone, cuttlebone, debone, edgebone, goosebone, hucklebone, icebone, knucklebone, noddlebone, nosebone, rebone, ridgebone, shacklebone, sharebone, sidebone, spadebone, spinebone, spulebone, whalebone, herringbone, ringbone, Rathbone, aitchbone, fishbone, natchbone, thighbone, wishbone, Pettibone, bellibone, hyperibone, breakbone, cheekbone, rackbone, shankbone, allbone, heelbone, spealbone, tailbone, whirlbone, armbone, gambone, hambone, jambone, pseudyohimbone
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