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21Book of Imaginary Beings — Infobox Book name = Book of Imaginary Beings title orig = Manual de zoología fantástica, later El libro de los seres imaginarios translator = Norman Thomas di Giovanni and others author = Jorge Luis Borges country = Argentina language = Spanish… …
22book binding — noun the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book the book had a leather binding • Syn: ↑binding, ↑cover, ↑back • Derivationally related forms: ↑back (for: ↑back), ↑ …
23spine */*/ — UK [spaɪn] / US noun Word forms spine : singular spine plural spines 1) [countable] medical the row of bones down or along the middle of a human s or animal s back 2) [countable] the edge of a book where all the pages are fixed together 3)… …
24spine — [[t]spa͟ɪn[/t]] spines 1) N COUNT Your spine is the row of bones down your back. 2) N COUNT The spine of a book is the narrow stiff part which the pages and covers are attached to. 3) N COUNT Spines are also long, sharp points on an animal s body …
25spine — n. 1 a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone. 2 Zool. & Bot. any hard pointed process or structure. 3 a sharp ridge or… …
26spine — spined, adj. spinelike, adj. /spuyn/, n. 1. the spinal or vertebral column; backbone. 2. any backbonelike part. 3. a stiff, pointed process or appendage on an animal, as a quill of a porcupine, or a sharp, bony ray in the fin of a fish. 4.… …
27spine — noun 1》 a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone. 2》 a central feature or main source of strength. 3》 the part of a book s… …
28spine — noun (C) 1 the row of bones down the centre of your back that supports your body and protects your spinal cord 2 a stiff sharp point on an animal or plant: cactus spines 3 the part of a book that the pages are fastened onto …
29spine — [spaɪn] noun [C] 1) the row of bones down the middle of your back Syn: backbone 2) the edge of a book where all the pages are fixed together 3) a sharp point on a plant or animal …
30spine — [[t]spaɪn[/t]] n. 1) anat. spinal column 2) bot a hard, sharp pointed outgrowth on a plant; thorn 3) zool. anat. a stiff pointed bone, process, or appendage, as the quill of a porcupine or the sharp rays in the fin of certain fishes 4) resolution …
