[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

backbone \back"bone"\ ba^k"b=on`, n. 2d back, n. + bone.
   1913 webster
   1. the column of bones in the back which sustains and gives
      firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal
      column.
      1913 webster

   2. anything like, or serving the purpose of, a backbone.
      1913 webster

            the lofty mountains on the north side compose the
            granitic axis, or backbone of the country. --darwin.
      1913 webster

            we have now come to the backbone of our subject.
                                                  --earle.
      1913 webster

   3. firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
      1913 webster

            shelley's thought never had any backbone. --shairp.
      1913 webster

   to the backbone, through and through; thoroughly; entirely.
      "staunch to the backbone." --lord lytton.
      1913 webster
see also:
to the backbone 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

backbone
     n 1: 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"
          syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin
     2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try
        it" syn: grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption
     3: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and
        protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
        syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, back,
         rachis
     4: the part of a network that connects other networks together;
        "the backbone is the part of a communication network that
        carries the heaviest traffic"
see also:
anchor mainstay keystone linchpin lynchpin grit 
guts moxie sand gumption spinal column 
vertebral column spine back rachis 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

98 moby thesaurus words for "backbone":
   advocate, alpenstock, arm, athletic supporter, back, backing,
   bandeau, bearer, bottom, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere,
   buttress, cane, carrier, cervix, chutzpah, corset, courage, crook,
   crutch, determination, firmness, fortitude, foundation garment,
   fulcrum, gameness, girdle, grit, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, guy,
   guywire, hardihood, heart, heart of oak, intestinal fortitude,
   jock, jockstrap, mainstay, maintainer, mast, mettle,
   mettlesomeness, moxie, neck, nerve, pillar, pith, pluck,
   pluckiness, prop, purposefulness, rachis, reinforce, reinforcement,
   reinforcer, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, rest, resting place,
   rigging, sand, shoulder, shroud, spinal column, spine, spirit,
   sprit, spunk, spunkiness, stability, staff, stamina,
   standing rigging, stave, stay, staying power, stick, stiffener,
   stout heart, strength, strengthener, sturdiness, support,
   supporter, sustainer, toughness, true grit, upholder, vertebrae,
   vertebral column, walking stick, will

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

backbone
     
         the top level in a hierarchical network.  stub
        networks and transit networks which connect to the same
        backbone are guaranteed to be interconnected.
     
        see also: internet backbone.
     
        1998-07-02
     
     
see also:
network stub networks transit networks internet backbone 

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