spine
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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 2 noun
any sharply pointed projection
Types & categories
- projection hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
Types & categories
- aculeus hypernym
- glochidium hyponym
Related & opposite
- prick derivation
- stick derivation
- barbellate derivation
- acanthoid 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
a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
Types & categories
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spinal |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | axial skeleton |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spinal canal |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | coccyx |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | vertebra |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | intervertebral disc |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | skeletal structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | notochord |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spur |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | acanthoid |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbellate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acanthoid |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | aculeus |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | glochidium |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | book |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | acanthoid |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spinal |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | appendage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ray |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | quill |