| English noun: spinal column | |||
| 1. | spinal column (body) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | ||
| Samples | The fall broke his back. | ||
| Synonyms | back, backbone, rachis, 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 | ||