BACKBONE
\bˈakbə͡ʊn], \bˈakbəʊn], \b_ˈa_k_b_əʊ_n]\
Definitions of BACKBONE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
By Princeton University
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the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
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(informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
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Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone.
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Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
By Oddity Software
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The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
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Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone.
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Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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The bone of the back; what is like a backbone or serves as such; decision. To the backbone, through and through.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
