spine




spine - noun

  • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
  • any sharply pointed projection
  • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
  • 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
  • a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
  • spine - thesaurus

    acantha   back   backbone   pricker   prickle   rachis   spikelet   spur   sticker   thorn