Backbone and Burden

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Backbone noun - A column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal.

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Burden and backbone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Backbone".

Nearby Word: backboned

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Backbone and burden are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbone" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

emotional	emotional backbone	emotional burden
heavy	heavy backbone	heavy burden
actual	actual backbone	actual burden
intellectual	intellectual backbone	intellectual burden
Other adjectives: real, psychic, main, moral, major, military, economic.

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