rib
/ɹɪb/
Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum; A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something; A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
- plural
- ribs
Meanings
- 1
Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
Tom has a broken rib.
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I have a broken rib.
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- 2
A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
- 3
A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
- 4
Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hullrare
- 5
Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strengthrare
- 6
A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vaultrare
- 7
A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting planerare
- 8
A raised ridge in knitted material or in clothrare
- 9
The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leafrare
- 10
A teasing jokerare