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backbones

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /-boʊn/
    • /ˈbæk.bəʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /-boʊn/

Definition of backbones word

  • noun backbones Plural form of backbone. 1

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Parts of speech for Backbones

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

backbones popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for backbones

adjective backbones

  • backs — a large tub, vat, or cistern used by dyers, brewers, distillers, etc., to hold liquids.

noun backbones

  • bases — Bases is the plural of base.
  • props — a propeller.
  • hearts — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • nerves — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
  • wills — a male given name, form of William.

Antonyms for backbones

noun backbones

  • weaknesses — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.

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