Backbone has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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1. | Will he have the backbone to speak out against the bill? | |
2. | He is an American to the backbone. | |
3. | Invertebrates have no backbone or spinal column. | |
4. | Tom has no backbone. | |
5. | Kelp is the backbone of Monterey Bay coastal ecology. | |
6. | The backbone of the town’s economy, however, is a different kind of fossil: fossil fuel. | |
7. | Agriculture remains the backbone of the Kenyan economy, contributing one-third of GDP. | |
8. | Didouche Mourad Street is Algiers' commercial backbone. | |
9. | Skura was Yanni's backbone. | |
10. | Oil and gas are Algeria's backbone. |