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spine
Overview of noun spine
The noun spine has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis -- (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back")
2. spur, spine, acantha -- (any sharply pointed projection)
3. spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet -- (a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf)
4. spine, backbone -- (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")
5. spine -- (a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spine
5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
=> skeletal structure
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
spur, spine, acantha
=> projection
=> convex shape, convexity
=> solid
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
=> aculeus
=> plant process, enation
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
spine, backbone
=> part, portion
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
spine
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun spine
3 of 5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
=> notochord
=> chine
Sense 3
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
=> glochidium, glochid
Sense 5
spine
=> ray
=> quill
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spine
5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
=> skeletal structure
Sense 2
spur, spine, acantha
=> projection
Sense 3
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
=> aculeus
Sense 4
spine, backbone
=> part, portion
Sense 5
spine
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
Antonyms of noun spine
Member Holonyms of noun spine
Substance Holonyms of noun spine
Part Holonyms of noun spine
2 of 5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
PART OF: axial skeleton
Sense 4
spine, backbone
PART OF: book, volume
Member Meronyms of noun spine
Substance Meronyms of noun spine
Part Meronyms of noun spine
1 of 5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
HAS PART: spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis
HAS PART: coccyx, tail bone
HAS PART: vertebra
HAS PART: intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
Meronyms of noun spine
1 of 5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
HAS PART: spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis
HAS PART: coccyx, tail bone
HAS PART: vertebra
HAS PART: intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
Holonyms of noun spine
2 of 5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
PART OF: axial skeleton
Sense 4
spine, backbone
PART OF: book, volume
Attributes of noun spine
Derived Forms of noun spine
4 of 5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
RELATED TO>(adj) spinal#1
=> spinal
Sense 2
spur, spine, acantha
RELATED TO>(adj) spinous#2
=> acanthoid, acanthous, spinous
Sense 3
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
RELATED TO>(adj) spinous#2
=> acanthoid, acanthous, spinous
Sense 5
spine
RELATED TO>(adj) spinal#1
=> spinal
RELATED TO>(adj) spinous#2
=> acanthoid, acanthous, spinous
Domain of noun spine
Domain Terms of noun spine
Familiarity of noun spine
spine used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun spine
5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
> skeletal structure
=> rib cage
=> arch
=> heel
=> girdle
=> appendicular skeleton
=> axial skeleton
=> spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
=> metacarpus
=> metatarsus
=> tarsus
Sense 2
spur, spine, acantha
> projection
=> salient
=> jag
=> bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
=> spur, spine, acantha
=> tail, tail end
=> tongue, knife
Sense 3
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
> aculeus
=> spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
Sense 4
spine, backbone
> part, portion
=> appendage
=> bottleneck
=> bulb
=> butt, stub
=> component, constituent, element
=> cutout
=> foible
=> fore edge, foredge
=> forte
=> fraction
=> heel
=> hub
=> jetsam
=> limb
=> peen
=> piece
=> pressing
=> section, segment
=> shank, waist
=> spine, backbone
=> toe
=> turnout, widening
=> upstage
=> upstairs
=> wreckage
Sense 5
spine
> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> horn
=> horn
=> crest
=> pseudopod, pseudopodium
=> flagellum
=> hair
=> cirrus
=> spine
=> aculea
=> style
=> villus
=> tail
=> fetlock
=> tentacle
=> arista
=> acromion, acromial process
=> ala
=> alveolar arch
=> alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process
=> acrosome
=> caruncle, caruncula
=> condyle
=> coronoid process, processus coronoideus
=> epicondyle
=> fimbria
=> apophysis
=> spicule, spiculum
=> osteophyte
=> papilla
=> papilla
=> appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage
=> mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal
=> styloid process
=> pterygoid process
=> tuberosity, tubercle, eminence
=> zygomatic process
=> trochanter
=> transverse process
=> odontoid process
=> metaphysis
=> olecranon, olecranon process
=> ridge
=> excrescence
=> papilla
=> plant process, enation
Meronyms of noun spine
5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
HAS PART: spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis
HAS PART: coccyx, tail bone
HAS PART: coccygeal vertebra, caudal vertebra
HAS PART: vertebra
HAS PART: centrum
HAS PART: hemal arch, haemal arch
HAS PART: neural arch, vertebral arch
HAS PART: apophysis
HAS PART: transverse process
HAS PART: intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
=> skeletal structure
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 3
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
=> aculeus
=> plant process, enation
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 5
spine
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun spine
2 of 5 senses of spine
Sense 1
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
PART OF: axial skeleton
PART OF: endoskeleton
Sense 4
spine, backbone
PART OF: book, volume
Grep of noun spine
spine
spinel
spinel ruby
spinelessness
spinet
Grep of adj spine
spine-tipped
spineless
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