rib
/ɹɪb/ noun B2- 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.
- A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something. · a broken rib on the umbrella
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
- A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
Plural ribs
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“Except his own tribe,” said Bagheera, under his breath; and then aloud to Mowgli, “Have a care for my ribs, Little Brother!
“He has broken his ribs,” said the commander, in a low voice.
The lodge was a ruin of black granite and bared ribs of rafters, but facing it was a new building, half constructed, the first fruit of Sir Charles’s South African gold.
Instead of striking between the sixth and seventh left ribs, as your countrymen do, you must have struck higher or lower, and life is very tenacious in these lawyers, or rather there is no truth in anything you have told me—it was a fright of the imagination, a dream of your fancy.
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