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Defenition of the word rib

    • Defenition of the word rib

      • One of the long curved bones which form the rib cage.
      • Architectural element consisting of a side of stone placed in support of a vault or a dome.
      • something resembling the rib of an animal
      • a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
      • cut of meat including one or more ribs
      • form vertical ribs by knitting
      • any of 24 curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in man and a similar bone in most vertebrates
      • subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"
      • support resembling the rib of an animal
      • a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
      • 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)
      • a teasing remark
      • subject to laughter or ridicule; "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"
      • form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
      • subject to laughter or ridicule

    Synonyms for the word rib

      • beam
      • blackguard
      • costa
      • guy
      • jest at
      • josh
      • kid
      • laugh at
      • make fun
      • make fun of
      • mock
      • poke fun
      • pull your leg
      • ridicule
      • spar
      • spine
      • spoke
      • strut
      • tease

    Similar words in the rib

      • rib
      • rib's
      • ribald
      • ribaldry
      • ribaldry's
      • ribbed
      • ribbentrop
      • ribbentrop's
      • ribbing
      • ribbons
      • riboflavin
      • riboflavin's
      • ribs

    Meronymys for the word rib

      • costal cartilage
      • craniate
      • hull
      • rib roast
      • standing rib roast
      • umbrella
      • vertebrate
      • wing

    Hyponyms for the word rib

      • calamus
      • debunk
      • expose
      • lampoon
      • nervure
      • quill
      • satirise
      • satirize
      • screw thread
      • shaft
      • sparerib
      • stultify
      • tease
      • thread
      • true rib
      • vein

    Hypernyms for the word rib

      • anatomical structure
      • bemock
      • bodily structure
      • body structure
      • bone
      • comment
      • complex body part
      • cut
      • cut of meat
      • input
      • knit
      • mock
      • molding
      • moulding
      • os
      • remark
      • structure
      • support
      • supporting structure

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