Thesaurus:backbone

Thesaurus

backbone

English

Noun

Sense: set of bones which make up the spine and spinal column

Synonyms

• backbone
• spine
• spinal column
• vertebral column

Meronyms

• vertebra    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sacrum
• intervertebral disc
• coccyx
• tailbone

Holonyms

• skeleton    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “backbone” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “backbone” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.