ruggengraat
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) ruggegraat
Etymology
rug + -en- + graat
Pronunciation
audio (file) - Hyphenation: rug‧gen‧graat
Noun
ruggengraat f or m (plural ruggengraten, diminutive ruggengraatje n)
- vertebral column
- Synonym: wervelkolom
- spine, backbone
- (figuratively) backbone, fundamental support, core of an organization