Skip to content

spine

/spaɪn/noun1 syllable

Spine means: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord.

Synonyms for spine18

noun, as in the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

spinal column, vertebral column, backbone, back, rachis

noun, as in a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet

noun, as in any sharply pointed projection

spur, acantha

noun, as in 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

backbone

also used for spine

needle, quill, spicule, spike, virgula, pay spine

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does spine mean?5

noun

1

the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord“the fall broke his back”

2

a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

3

any sharply pointed projection

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“the title and author were printed on the spine of the book”

5

a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with spine?32

three syllables

redesign
Show 40 near rhymes
ibymyliketimerightwhylifewhilefindhighmightnighttimeslivewhitesidetryfivekindguysmindguynicelightbuychildbehindquitesometimestypeoutsidefightpricewifesiteeyesdiedinsiderights

All 32 rhymes for spine, grouped by syllable

Spine in a sentence

  • He grazed me, sending shivers down my spine.Nuel
  • Spooky, scary skeletons send shivers down your spine!Yl
  • A thistle is like a prickly person, lots of spines.magnificentgoddess
  • Time gives us roses, but it also gives us spines.espamatics
  • The sight sent chills of delight up my spine.AlanF_US
  • The sight made a chill run down my spine.unknown
  • My spine was implanted with mind-controlling nanobots.rul
  • He has a compression fracture of the spine.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of spine

as a noun

plural
spines