SPINE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a sharp rigid animal process or appendage
   • as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
   Hypernyms(s) spine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • process (what does process mean?)
   • outgrowth (what does outgrowth mean?)
   • appendage (what does appendage mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ray (what does ray mean?)
   • quill (what does quill mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
   Synonym(s)
   • back (what does back mean?)
   • backbone (what does backbone mean?)
   • rachis (what does rachis mean?)
   • spinal column (what does spinal column mean?)
   • vertebral column (what does vertebral column mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the fall broke his back
   Hypernyms(s) spine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • skeletal structure (what does skeletal structure mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • notochord (what does notochord mean?)
   • chine (what does chine mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
   Synonym(s)
   • pricker (what does pricker mean?)
   • prickle (what does prickle mean?)
   • sticker (what does sticker mean?)
   • thorn (what does thorn mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) spine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • aculeus (what does aculeus mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • glochidium (what does glochidium mean?)
   • glochid (what does glochid mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stick (what does stick mean?)
   • prickle (what does prickle mean?)
   • prick (what does prick mean?)
4. Meaning
   • any pointed projection
   Synonym(s)
   • spur (what does spur mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) spine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • projection (what does projection mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • spur (what does spur mean?)