About The Word Backbone
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Backbone
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What's The Definition Of Backbone?
[n] a computer network that connects other computer networks
[n] (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [n] the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [n] a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" Synonyms | Synonyms for Backbone: anchor | back | grit | gumption | guts | linchpin | lynchpin | mainstay | moxie | rachis | sand | spinal column | spine | vertebral column Related Terms | Find terms related to Backbone: advocate | alpenstock | arm | athletic supporter | back | backing | bandeau | bearer | bottom | bra | brace | bracer | bracket | brassiere | buttress | cane | carrier | cervix | chutzpah | corset | courage | crook | crutch | determination | firmness | fortitude | foundation garment | fulcrum | gameness | girdle | grit | guts | gutsiness | guttiness | guy | guywire | hardihood | heart | heart of oak | intestinal fortitude | jock | jockstrap | mainstay | maintainer | mast | mettle | mettlesomeness | moxie | neck | nerve | pillar | pith | pluck | pluckiness | prop | purposefulness | rachis | reinforce | reinforcement | reinforcer | resoluteness | resolution | resolve | rest | resting place | rigging | sand | shoulder | shroud | spinal column | spine | spirit | sprit | spunk | spunkiness | stability | staff | stamina | standing rigging | stave | stay | staying power | stick | stiffener | stout heart | strength | strengthener | sturdiness | support | supporter | sustainer | toughness | true grit | upholder | vertebrae | vertebral column | walking stick | will See Also | axial skeleton | canalis vertebralis | chine | coccyx | computer network | fortitude | intervertebral disc | intervertebral disk | notochord | skeletal structure | spinal canal | support | tail bone | vertebra | vertebral canal Backbone In Webster's Dictionary \Back"bone"\, n. [2d back,n.+ bone. ]
1. The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives
firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal
column.
2. Anything like, or serving the purpose of, a backbone.
The lofty mountains on the north side compose the
granitic axis, or backbone of the country. --Darwin.
We have now come to the backbone of our subject.
--Earle.
3. Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
Shelley's thought never had any backbone. --Shairp.
{To the backbone}, through and through; thoroughly; entirely.
``Staunch to the backbone.'' --Lord Lytton.
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