backbone

backbone has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
• n.. Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone.
• n.. Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
• n.. the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
• n.. 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"
• n.. fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
• n.. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
• n.. 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"