Definisi 'backbone'
English to English
noun
1 a central cohesive source of support and stability
Example:
• faith is his anchor
• the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
• he is the linchpin of this firm
source: wordnet30
2 fortitude and determination
Example:
• he didn't have the guts to try it
source: wordnet30
3 the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
Example:
• the fall broke his back
source: wordnet30
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
Example:
• the title and author were printed on the spine of the book
source: wordnet30
5 the part of a network that connects other networks together
Example:
• the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic
source: wordnet30
6 The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
source: webster1913
More Word(s)
game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, colloquialism, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion, part, fortitude, skeletal structure, support, notochord, chine, canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal, coccyx, tail bone, mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network, book,

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