Word Type

Noun

The word "spine" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

albaspine despine drop-spine finspine fourspine holospine microspine multispine protospine send a shiver down someone's spine send shivers down someone's spine spin spinal spinate spination spine board spine pig spine plot spine ramp spine road spine-chiller spine-chilling spine-tailed swift spine-tingler spine-tingling spineback spinebill spinebuster spined spinefoot spineless spinelet spinelike spinely spinescent spinetail spiniform spinitis spino spinoid spinose spinous spiny three-spined stickleback threespine

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

aculeus appendage outgrowth part portion process projection skeletal structure

Type Of (IsA)

aculeus bone process

Part Of

back body book human body skeleton

Related Terms

erector spinae spina bifida spinal canal spinal column spinal cord spiniferous spinigerous spinigrade spinoidal spinule

Related Terms

assertiveness back backbone courage head pelvis protuberance radiate ridge stiffness tail vertebral column

Synonym Network

backbone needle spinal column spur

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