eng: backbone

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Meaning
means	(noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" linchpin, keystone, anchor, mainstay, backbone, lynchpin
means	(noun) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" guts, sand, backbone, moxie, grit, gumption
means	(noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" vertebral column, rachis, spine, spinal column, back, backbone
means	(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" spine, backbone
means	(noun) the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic" backbone