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English noun: backbone | |||
| 1. | backbone (cognition) a central cohesive source of support and stability | ||
| Samples | Faith is his anchor. The keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money. He is the linchpin of this firm. | ||
| Synonyms | anchor, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | support | ||
| 2. | backbone (attribute) fortitude and determination | ||
| Samples | He didn't have the guts to try it. | ||
| Synonyms | grit, gumption, guts, moxie, sand | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fortitude | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| 3. | backbone (body) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | ||
| Samples | The fall broke his back. | ||
| Synonyms | back, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | skeletal structure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chine, notochord | ||
| Part holonym | canalis vertebralis, coccyx, intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk, spinal canal, tail bone, vertebra, vertebral canal | ||
| Part meronym | axial skeleton | ||
| 4. | backbone (artifact) the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved | ||
| Samples | The title and author were printed on the spine of the book. | ||
| Synonyms | spine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | part, portion | ||
| Part meronym | book, volume | ||
| 5. | backbone (artifact) the part of a network that connects other networks together | ||
| Samples | The backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion | ||
| Part meronym | mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network | ||
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