Thesaurus
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backbone
T
hesaurus
backbone
English
Noun
Sense: set of bones which make up the spine and spinal column
Synonyms
backbone
spine
spinal column
vertebral column
Meronyms
vertebra
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sacrum
intervertebral disc
coccyx
tailbone
Holonyms
skeleton
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Further reading
“
backbone
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
backbone
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.