Spine

nounid 128303·updated May 18, 2026
verified

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

polysemous

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Variants

synonym
acanthabackbackboneprickerpricklespikeletspurstickerthorn
plural
Spines
possessive
Spine's
pluralpossessive
Spines'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary5 sensesview framework →
§1
a sharp rigid animal process or appendage
§2
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
§3
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
§4
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
§5
any sharply pointed projection

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