1 the row of small bones that are connected together down the middle of the back
SYNBACKBONE
2 any of the sharp pointed parts like needles on some plants and animals:
Porcupines use their spines to protect themselves.
seealsoSPINY
3 the narrow part of the cover of a book that the pages are joined to
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for spine is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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In this entry, spine is tagged as noun.
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