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Spinous is an English word with synonyms like spiny or spineless. Below you'll find 1 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Spinous in a sentence

Spinous meaning

  1. Having many spines.
  2. Spine-like; spiny.
  3. Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly.

Synonyms of Spinous

spiny spineless acanthoid acanthous pointed

Related words

Other words often associated with Spinous or its synonyms:

weak burry spiked fusiform vertebrate bristled armed barrelled acute unarmed invertebrate briery

Using Spinous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having many spines. | Spine-like; spiny. | Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly.
  • Useful related words include: spiny, spineless, acanthoid, acanthous.

Context around Spinous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 15 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

ray 1×

Sentence patterns with Spinous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

called a spinous ray 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although these are 1×

Common sentence endings:

a spinous ray 1×

Words around Spinous

Just before it in the word index:

spinosum 2 spinosaurus 11 spinosa 6 spinors 27 spinor 17 spinola 4

Just after it in the word index:

spinout 10 spinouts 9 spinoza 99 spinrad 4 spinraza 6 spins 344

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Spinous

  • In this selection, "spinous" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 15 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ray stand out and add context to how "spinous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include called a spinous ray. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "spinous" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with spinous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Although these are not true spines, this type of fin is called a spinous ray. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Although these are not true spines, this type of fin is called a spinous ray. (15 words)

Example sentences (1)

Although these are not true spines, this type of fin is called a spinous ray.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "spinous" in a sentence?
An example: "Although these are not true spines, this type of fin is called a spinous ray." This page contains 1 example sentence with the word "spinous" from authentic English texts.
What does "spinous" mean?
Spinous means: Having many spines.
What are synonyms of "spinous"?
Common synonyms of "spinous" include: spiny, spineless, acanthoid, acanthous, pointed.
How many example sentences with "spinous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 1 example sentence with "spinous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.