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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

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📖 Definitions of "Rib"

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

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).

🔄 Synonyms of "Rib"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
ridiculenoun	(transitive) To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
blackguardnoun	(dated, chiefly of men) An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
guynoun	(colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
laugh atverb	To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.
poke funverb	To subject someone to laughter or ridicule. [with at]
jest atverb	subject to laughter or ridicule
make funverb	subject to laughter or ridicule
costanoun	(anatomy) Synonym of rib.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rib"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
costanoun	(anatomy) Synonym of rib.
laugh atverb	To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.
poke funverb	To subject someone to laughter or ridicule. [with at]
ridiculenoun	Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
blackguardnoun	(dated, chiefly of men) An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
guynoun	(colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
jest atverb	subject to laughter or ridicule
make funverb	subject to laughter or ridicule
thoracicnoun	(zoology) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.
bonenoun	(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
veinnoun	(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
nervenoun	Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
thoracoplastynoun	(surgery) Surgery of the chest, usually involving removal of ribs.
ibrnoun	Initialism of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. [A disease of the respiratory tract of cattle caused by the species Bovine herpesvirus 1.]
fishnoun	(countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
midribnoun	(botany) The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
leafnoun	The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
kidnoun	(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.
beefnoun	(uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.
shouldernoun	The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.