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Words related to backbone

Related / Similar Words: grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption, spinal column, vertebral column, spine, back, rachis, anchor, mainstay, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin

Definition:

the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic";

fortitude and determination; "he didn''t have the guts to try it";

the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back";

a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm";

Hyponyms: notochord, chine

Part Meronyms: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork, axial skeleton

Derivational Morphology: anchor, ground

Language Translations:
Danish: rygrad		Finnish: selkäranka
German: Rückgrat		Hungarian: gerinc and gerincoszlop
Icelandic: hryggur and skapfesta		Latvian: mugurkauls
Norwegian: ryggrad		Polish: charakter and kręgosłup
Portuguese: coluna vertebral		Russian: позвоночник and стержень
Slovene: hrbtenica		Spanish: espina dorsal
Swedish: ryggrad

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