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Definition of Spine

1. Noun. The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord. "The fall broke his back"

2. Noun. Any sharply pointed projection.

3. Noun. A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf.

4. Noun. 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"

5. Noun. A sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin.

Definition of Spine

1. n. A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

Definition of Spine

1. Noun. A person or thing's backbone; the series of bones collectively from one's (literal or figurative) head to tail or pelvis. ¹

2. Noun. A rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant. ¹

3. Noun. Courage or assertiveness. ¹

4. Noun. The narrow, bound edge of a book. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spine

1. the vertebral column [n -S] : SPINED [adj]

Medical Definition of Spine

1. A stiff, sharp-pointed structure, formed by modification of a plant organ, for example a lateral branch or a stipule. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spine

spindles spindleshanks spindletail spindletails spindlework spindleworm spindleworms spindlier spindliest spindliness

spindling spindly spindom spindrift spindrifts spine (current term) spine-board spine-chiller spine-chillers spine-chilling

spine-finned spine-tailed spine-tingler spine-tingling spine board spine cell spine chilling spine fracture spine of helix spine of scapula

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