spine
noun
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
spines
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pluralof spine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At the university, shelves groan with jagged pieces of spines, necks and legs that to an untrained eye resemble battered stones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said that young people should stiffen their spines and embrace hardship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Cheesy words in normal circumstances, but that was the moment our spines began to tingle and we knew we were about to witness history.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
"Bones are overly smooth, spines unnaturally straight, lungs overly symmetrical, blood vessel patterns excessively uniform, and fractures appear unusually clean and consistent, often limited to one side of the bone."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
I looked at the titles on the spines, pretending I was paying no attention to them whatsoever.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
