spine


spine - noun

  • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
  • any sharply pointed projection
  • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
  • 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
  • a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

    • spine - thesaurus

    acantha   back   backbone   pricker   prickle   rachis   spikelet   spur   sticker   thorn  


    View spelling list i-e words - set 1 and learn about the word spine in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

    Other Spellzone word lists: Body, internal

    Scrabble score for spine

    s is 1 p is 3 i is 1 n is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 7

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