chines

plural of chine
as in spines
a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal uncovered the chine of some animal while digging in the backyard

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Recent Examples of chines At low speeds, the wide upper chines deliver stability and good fuel performance. Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The cactus appears in the Aztec codices and the name comes from a Nahuatl word that means a pot covered in spines.
    Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Driving trucks is one of the unappreciated backbones of modern civilization.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Platform product management is rarely treated as a strategic, first-class discipline, resulting in fragmented backbones that fail to support enterprise-wide innovation.
    Gaurav Dixit, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On paper, the Panthers do have one of the better backup running backs in football, with former Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle entering the fold this year coming off of an 1,000-yard rushing season of his own in 2024.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Trevor Etienne and DeeJay Dallas are Carolina’s other running backs.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Chines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chines. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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