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
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
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