# ridgebone

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɪd͡ʒbəʊn/

## Definitions
1. The backbone or spine.

## Etymology
From Middle English rygge-bone, rigbone, from Old English hryċġbān (“backbone; spine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hruggjabain, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjabainą (“backbone”); equivalent to ridge (“the back”) + bone.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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