backbone
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a central cohesive source of support and stability
faith is his anchor
Types & categories
- support hypernym
Related & opposite
- anchor derivation
Sense 2 noun
fortitude and determination
he didn't have the guts to try it
Types & categories
- fortitude hypernym
Related & opposite
- game derivation
- gutsy derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 3 noun
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
the fall broke his back
Types & categories
- skeletal structure hypernym
- notochord hyponym
- chine hyponym
Parts & wholes
- axial skeleton part holonym
- spinal canal part meronym
- coccyx part meronym
- vertebra part meronym
- intervertebral disc part meronym
Related & opposite
- spinal derivation
Sense 4 noun
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
the title and author were printed on the spine of the book
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- book part holonym
Sense 5 noun
the part of a network that connects other networks together
the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic
Types & categories
- connector hypernym
Parts & wholes
- meshwork part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | anchor |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | game |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gutsy |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fortitude |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spinal |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | axial skeleton |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spinal canal |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | coccyx |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | vertebra |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | intervertebral disc |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | skeletal structure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | notochord |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chine |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | book |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | meshwork |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | connector |