Definitions for rib

Definitions for (noun) rib

Main entry: rib

Definition: support resembling the rib of an animal


Main entry: rib

Definition: a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural


Main entry: rib

Definition: a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant


Main entry: rib, costa

Definition: any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)


Main entry: rib

Definition: a teasing remark


Main entry: rib

Definition: cut of meat including one or more ribs


Definitions for (verb) rib

Main entry: jest at, make fun, laugh at, blackguard, guy, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast

Definition: subject to laughter or ridicule

Usage: The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house; The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher; His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday


Main entry: rib

Definition: form vertical ribs by knitting

Usage: A ribbed sweater


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