backbone, n.
(backbones)
freq. cnt. 2
(backbones)
freq. cnt. 2
fortitude and determination
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
backbone grit gumption guts moxie sand
sample sentences
"he didn't have the guts to try it"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
a central cohesive source of support and stability
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
anchor backbone keystone linchpin lynchpin mainstay
sample sentences
"faith is his anchor""the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"
"he is the linchpin of this firm"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the part of a network that connects other networks together
<noun.artifact>
backbone
sample sentences
"the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
semantic pointers
hypernym
part holonym
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
<noun.artifact>
backbone spine
sample sentences
"the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
back backbone rachis spinal column spine vertebral column
sample sentences
"the fall broke his back"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
part meronym
spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis
coccyx, tail bone
vertebra
intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
hypernym
part holonym