Backbone Noun Synonyms
mainstay, chief or main support, buttress, pillar
Sheila has been the backbone of the society, but she has now moved away.
spine, spinal column
He's much better since the surgery on his backbone.
resoluteness, sturdiness, firmness, determination, strength (of character), mettle, purposefulness, resolution, courage, fortitude, resolve, will, will-power, strength, stability, stamina, staying power, grit
Has she the backbone to run the company alone.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Colombard: Better known as French Colombard in North America. The grapes from old vines are crushed by some northern Californian producers and made into a fruity white wine of interesting character in both dry a MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Barbera: Semi-classic grape commonly grown in the Piedmont region and most of northern Italy. Now thought by some to be identical with the Perricone, or Pignatello, grape of Sardinia. Was probably imported int MORE
Health / Yoga / Uddiyana Bandha : Abdominal retraction lock'; drawing in of the abdomen towards the backbone after exhaling MORE
Life Style / Wine Grapes / Valdiguié: Warm region minor grape widely grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France and known also under the alias name of Gros Auxerrois. Used to create backbone in the high alcohol 'vin de ta MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Valdiguié: Warm region minor grape widely grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France and known also under the alias name of Gros Auxerrois. Used to create backbone in the high alcohol 'vin de ta MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Petite Sirah: Historically has been something of a 'mystery' vine. When first imported into California this variety somehow acquired the subject name possibly as a result of a labeling error confusing it with Petit MORE