Ribs

What do we mean by ribs?

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

Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull

Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength

A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth

The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf

A teasing joke

A single strand of hair.

A stalk of celery.

(archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.

Words that are spelled similarly to ribs:
ribs.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ribs:
intercostal, interstices, whorl, sternum, sutures, venter, rib, peristome, suture, striae, scapula, punctured, vertebrae, vertebra, umbilical, periphery, umbilicus, cords, incised, pelvis, sacral, girdle, spars, humerus, columella, spiral, penultimate, aperture, thoracic, spaced, femur, spar, plywood, axial, cartilage, barbecue, decidedly, cervical, pelvic, struts, caudal, lungs, spire, lip, keel, ventral, fractured, posterior, spine, threads, transverse, bones, oblique, pork, anterior, fabric, rounded, flattened, costal, shoulder, revolving, fused, lung, pits, terminate, vault, lobes, longitudinal, fuselage, shell, sauce, dorsal, render, muscles, moderately, beef, articulated, limb, chest, joints, obsolete, whitish, smooth, skull, outer, slender, trailing, arches, specimen, teeth, bone, lateral, spaces, neck, skeleton, curved, tail, chicken, rows, apex.

Words that rhyme with ribs:
dibs, nibs, gibbs, cribs, bibs, tibbs, dribs, hibbs, bibbs, cribbs, kribs, phibbs.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ribs:
lower, broken, short, upper, fractured, longitudinal, several, false, cervical, axial, diagonal, vertical, true, radial, spare, strong, right, fifth, prominent, left, adjacent, sixth, seventh, fourth, fine, numerous, posterior, thin, main, barbecued, curved, cracked, twelfth, spiral, prime, arched, ninth, narrow, horizontal, third, wooden, anterior, broad, lowest, primary, rounded, concentric, bare, heavy, back, secondary, flat, parallel, sore, concrete, intermediate, thick, eleventh, multiple, sternal, distinct, bony, abdominal, slender, middle, moulded, corresponding, inferior, shaped, sharp, extra, eighth, sprung, cross, lateral, 5th, fat, like, coarse.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ribs:
out.

Consonant match to ribs:
robes, rubes, rubs, robs, robbs, reebs.

Words that sound like ribs:
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