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backbone


 
  Grep  of  noun  backbone 
  backbone 
 
  Overview  of  noun  backbone 
 
  The  noun  backbone  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  anchor,  mainstay,  backbone,  linchpin,  lynchpin  --  (a  central  cohesive  source  of  support  and  stability:  "faith  is  his  anchor";  "he  is  the  linchpin  of  this  firm") 
  2.  (1)  backbone,  grit,  guts,  moxie,  sand,  gumption  --  ((informal)  fortitude  and  determination;  "he  didn't  have  the  guts  to  try  it") 
  3.  spinal  column,  vertebral  column,  spine,  backbone,  back  rachis  --  (the  series  of  vertebrae  forming  the  axis  of  the  skeleton  and  protecting  the  spinal  cord;  "the  fall  broke  his  back") 
  4.  backbone  --  (a  computer  network  that  connects  other  computer  networks) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  backbone 
 
  The  noun  backbone  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  anchor,  mainstay,  backbone,  linchpin,  lynchpin  --  (a  central  cohesive  source  of  support  and  stability:  "faith  is  his  anchor";  "he  is  the  linchpin  of  this  firm") 
  2.  (1)  backbone,  grit,  guts,  moxie,  sand,  gumption  --  ((informal)  fortitude  and  determination;  "he  didn't  have  the  guts  to  try  it") 
  3.  spinal  column,  vertebral  column,  spine,  backbone,  back  rachis  --  (the  series  of  vertebrae  forming  the  axis  of  the  skeleton  and  protecting  the  spinal  cord;  "the  fall  broke  his  back") 
  4.  backbone  --  (a  computer  network  that  connects  other  computer  networks) 



backbone definition