Word: Spine
How to pronounce: spaɪn
Noun
Definitions:
1. A series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone.
Example sentences: "A soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine"
2. The part of a book's jacket or cover that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outward when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's name.
Example sentences: "Most packages contain two tapes within a box about the size of a book, arranged on bookstore shelves with the spine displaying the author and title."
3. Any hard, pointed defensive projection or structure, such as a prickle of a hedgehog, a spike-like projection on a sea urchin, a sharp ray in a fish's fin, or a spike on the stem of a plant.
Example sentences: "The dorsal and pectoral fins have hard spines whereas the other rays are soft like the anal and caudal fins."
4. A tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano.
Example sentences: "The Mt. Pelee spine was exceptional only for its extreme height—over 300 meters"
Synonyms:
vertebral
backbone
spinal column
vertebral column
vertebra
spine column
rootlet
mountain range
back
rachis
prickle
thorn
spines
needle
acantha
Derivations:
spinal
spiny
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Spine in Other Languages...
Spanish: Vertebral
German: Wirbelsäule
French: Vertébrale
Italian: Vertebrale
Turkish: Omurga
