Definitions for backbone

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backbone back·bone

Spelling: [bak-bohn]

IPA: /ˈbækˌboʊn/

Backbone is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in backbone (abbcekno).

Definitions for backbone

noun

1. Anatomy. the spinal column; spine.
2. strength of character; resolution.
3. something resembling a backbone in appearance, position, or function.
4. Bookbinding. a back or bound edge of a book; spine.
5. Nautical. a rope running along the middle of an awning, as a reinforcement and as an object to which a supporting bridle or crowfoot may be attached.
6. Naval Architecture. the central fore-and-aft assembly of the keel and keelson, giving longitudinal strength to the bottom of a vessel.

Origin of backbone

1250-1300; Middle English bacbon. See back¹, bone

Examples for backbone

That timeline can serve as the backbone for the story our data tells.

Among all the refugees, there is not one more loyal to the backbone than we.

With a backbone of steel, she matched her husband in intelligence, perseverance, and strength of spirit.

If the hunter fires then, over the horn, he will strike the beast's backbone.

Nothing makes a nicer tourte in this way than large soles, taking off the flesh from the backbone, without the side fins.

Freedom will seep into the bedrock as we rediscover our backbone.

Fifty pounds at the end of his backbone, he had had enough of it, thank you!

She was a princess to the backbone, at all hours, and in all places.

She had been, he says, the backbone of their family and losing her shifted their entire emotional landscape.

“The INF Treaty is the backbone of protecting Europe from nuclear threats,” said a senior GOP Senate aide.