The Clue
Book part (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SPINE
Tags
Notes
The answer SPINE is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Definition
SPINE as a noun:
1. (spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis) = the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
2. (spur, spine, acantha) = any sharply pointed projection
3. (spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet) = a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
4. (spine, backbone) = the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
5. a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin