Backbone Definition

băkbōn
noun
The column of bones along the center of the back of vertebrate animals, including humans, made up of separate bones connected by the spinal cord, ligaments, and disk-shaped cartilage; spine.
Webster's New World
Something, such as the keel of a ship, that resembles a backbone.
American Heritage
Main support; firmest part.
Webster's New World
The main support or major sustaining factor.
The backbone of a thesis.
American Heritage
A main ridge or range of mountains.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
backbone
Plural:
backbones

Origin of Backbone

Backbone Sentence Examples

  • He was the backbone for all of us.  I think we all feel his absence.

  • His fingers were gently massaging the muscles on either side of her backbone - warm and relaxing.

  • The Southern Alps, the backbone of the South Island, rest on a foundation of coarse gneisses and schists, that are quite unrepresented in the North Island.

  • In the tectonic structure of Asia the Kuen-lun forms, as it were, the backbone of the continent.

  • They form the backbone of the island, and crop out on the surface at intervals along the mountain chain which runs parallel to the west coast.

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Words Starting With

BBABAC

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ENEONE

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