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backbone
Noun
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The backbone is the bones in a person's or animal's back.
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or If you have backbone, you do not back down easily. You stand up for yourself.
If you had any backbone you wouldn't let people tell you what to do all the time.
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The backbone of something is what holds it together or makes it strong.
Customer service is the backbone of our business.
bus
Noun
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A bus is a vehicle that carries a large number of people on roads.
He ran to catch the school bus, which had stopped at a corner to pick up more kids.
This bus makes ten stops before arriving at Union Station.
I woke up late and missed my bus this morning.
Tourists didn't usually ride the local bus.
The bus driver took out tickets as we got on at the station.
The two young men boarded a crowded city bus to go home.
She was the first and only passenger at this bus stop.
Round-trip bus fare to and from the ferry terminal was $1.
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A bus is part of a computer; it moves information.
bus
Verb
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If you bus people somewhere, you take them there on a bus.
The children are bused to school every morning.
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If you bus tables, you take away dirty dishes in a restaurant.