Backbone
9 definitions retrieved  Backbone \Back"bone"\ (b[a^]k"b[=o]n`), n. [2d back, n. + bone.] [1913 Webster] 1. The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything like, or serving the purpose of, a backbone. [1913 Webster] The lofty mountains on the north side compose the granitic axis, or backbone of the country. --Darwin. [1913 Webster] We have now come to the backbone of our subject. --Earle. [1913 Webster] 3. Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness. [1913 Webster] Shelley's thought never had any backbone. --Shairp. [1913 Webster] To the backbone, through and through; thoroughly; entirely. "Staunch to the backbone." --Lord Lytton. [1913 Webster]  backbone n 1: 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" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin] 2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption] 3: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis] 4: 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" [syn: spine, backbone] 5: the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"  backbone networks} and transit networks which connect to the same backbone are guaranteed to be interconnected. See also: Internet backbone. (1998-07-02)  backbone [bækboun] Rückgrat  backbone gerinc  backbone Backbone n backbone Rückgrat n  Backbone n backbone  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "backbone": advocate, alpenstock, arm, athletic supporter, back, backing, bandeau, bearer, bottom, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buttress, cane, carrier, cervix, chutzpah, corset, courage, crook, crutch, determination, firmness, fortitude, foundation garment, fulcrum, gameness, girdle, grit, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, guy, guywire, hardihood, heart, heart of oak, intestinal fortitude, jock, jockstrap, mainstay, maintainer, mast, mettle, mettlesomeness, moxie, neck, nerve, pillar, pith, pluck, pluckiness, prop, purposefulness, rachis, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, rest, resting place, rigging, sand, shoulder, shroud, spinal column, spine, spirit, sprit, spunk, spunkiness, stability, staff, stamina, standing rigging, stave, stay, staying power, stick, stiffener, stout heart, strength, strengthener, sturdiness, support, supporter, sustainer, toughness, true grit, upholder, vertebrae, vertebral column, walking stick, will Backbone related |
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