Defenition of the word spine
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Defenition of the word spine
- The body part that consists of a row of vertebrae, that support the head and torso and that forms a canal for nerves.
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
- a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
- any pointed projection
- 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
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- any sharply pointed projection
Synonyms for the word spine
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- back
- backbone
- bristle
- needle
- prickle
- spike
- spinal column
- spur
- thorn
- vertebrae
- vertebral column
Similar words in the spine
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- spine
- spine's
- spineless
- spines
- spinet
- spinet's
- spinets
Meronymys for the word spine
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- axial skeleton
- canalis vertebralis
- coccyx
- spinal canal
- tail bone
- vertebra
- vertebral canal
Hyponyms for the word spine
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- chine
- glochid
- glochidium
- notochord
- quill
- ray
Hypernyms for the word spine
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- aculeus
- appendage
- bulge
- bump
- excrescence
- extrusion
- gibbosity
- gibbousness
- hump
- jut
- outgrowth
- part
- portion
- process
- projection
- prominence
- protrusion
- protuberance
- skeletal structure
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