rib

About 3.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Bribri Sign Language.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

   a broken rib on the umbrella

4. noun A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
5. noun Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
6. noun Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
7. noun A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
8. noun A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.

Similar words

costa laugh at poke fun ridicule blackguard guy jest at make fun thoracic bone

Often followed by

cage and is of fractures to or in on

Word family

ribbed ribbing ribs