Definition of Backbone

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Backbone

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone.

Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.

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Backbone Quotations

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
Kobe Bryant

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.
Robert Kiyosaki

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
Karl Von Clausewitz

How is the base sequence, divided into codons? There is nothing in the backbone of the nucleic acid, which is perfectly regular, to show us how to group the bases into codons.
Francis Crick

I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own.
Anne Tyler

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.
Dick Wolf

Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual.
Sue Kelly

Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy.
Ruben Hinojosa

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
Guillermo del Toro

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.
Tom Allen

Backbone Translations

backbone in Hungarian is gerinc
backbone in Spanish is espinazo
backbone in Swedish is ryggrad

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