ribs

Meaning of ribs

noun
  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
  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 hull
  5. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
  6. A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
  7. A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
  8. The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
  9. A teasing joke
  10. A single strand of hair.
  11. A stalk of celery.
  12. (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.
verb
  1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
  2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
    He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.
  3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
  4. To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
noun
  1. Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
  2. Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
  3. Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).

Information about ribs

  • The singular form of ribs is: rib.
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Hyphenation of ribs

ribs

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • ribs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of ribs

bris

Words that rhyme with ribs

Caribs, corncribs, cribs, dribs, midribs, deribs, foreribs, spareribs, Dogribs

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