spine

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noun

1. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord (Freq. 3)
- the fall broke his back
• Syn:
spinal column, vertebral column, backbone, back, rachis
• Derivationally related forms:
spinal
• Hypernyms:
skeletal structure
• Hyponyms:
notochord, chine
• Part Holonyms:
axial skeleton
• Part Meronyms:
spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis, coccyx, tail bone,
vertebra, intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
2. any sharply pointed projection
• Syn:
spur, acantha
• Derivationally related forms:
acanthous (for: acantha), spinous, spur (for: spur)
• Hypernyms:
projection
3. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
• Syn:
thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
• Derivationally related forms:
stick (for: sticker), prick (for: pricker), prickly (for: prickle), thorny (for: thorn), spinous
• Hypernyms:
aculeus
• Hyponyms:
glochidium, glochid
4. 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 title and author were printed on the spine of the book
• Syn:
backbone
• Hypernyms:
part, portion
• Part Holonyms:
book, volume
5. a sharp rigid animal process or appendage;
as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
• Derivationally related forms:
spinal, spinous
• Hypernyms:
process, outgrowth, appendage
• Hyponyms:
ray, quill

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  backbone, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet, spur, acantha, spinal column, vertebral column, back, rachis