Rib

Quick meaning: Rib is a noun meaning (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

Meaning

(by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

More Meanings

1. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
2. (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
3. (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
4. (firearms) A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
5. (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
6. (anatomy) 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.
7. (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

Example Sentences

a broken rib on the umbrella

He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.

'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'

It [lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.

Word Forms

• ribs
• ribbing
• ribbed

Synonyms for rib

Depending on context, synonyms include ridicule, blackguard, guy, costa.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include costa, ridicule, blackguard, guy, thoracic, bone.

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