Another word for backbone

backbone Synonyms

backbone

Line of bones in the back supporting the body
spine, spinal column, vertebrae, chine.
Determination
firmness, fortitude, resolution; see determination 2. See syn. study at fortitude.

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He was the backbone for all of us. I think we all feel his absence.
His fingers were gently massaging the muscles on either side of her backbone - warm and relaxing.
The Southern Alps, the backbone of the South Island, rest on a foundation of coarse gneisses and schists, that are quite unrepresented in the North Island.
Extremity of the island rises the backbone of a ridge which extends E.N.E.
- Along the Dalmatian border, and through the centre of Bosnia, runs the backbone of the Dinaric Alps, which attain their greatest altitudes (6000-750o ft.) near Travnik, Serajevo and Mostar.

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