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Definition rib

Etymology

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribj? (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reb?- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”).

Noun

rib (plural ribs)

  1. 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
  2. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
  3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
  4. (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
  5. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
  6. (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
  7. (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
  8. (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
  9. A teasing joke
  10. (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
  11. A stalk of celery.
  12. (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.

Verb

rib (third-person singular simple present ribs, present participle ribbing, simple past and past participle ribbed)

  1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
  2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
  3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
  4. (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

Results 289 Words with the letters RIB

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6 letter words with the letters RIB 
ABIDER 10
ABRAID 10
AIRBAG 11
AIRBUS 10
AMBARI 12
ARABIC 12
BAILER 10
BAILOR 10
BAIRNS 10
BARDIC 13
BARING 12
BARIUM 13
BARMIE 12
BEDRID 11
BEGIRD 12
BEGIRT 11
BEGRIM 14
BELIER 10
BEMIRE 12
BERIME 12
BERLIN 11
BIBBER 15
BICARB 15
BICKER 16
BICORN 13
BICRON 13
BIDDER 11
BIDERS 10
BIFORM 15
BIGGER 13
BIKERS 13
BILKER 14
BILLER 11
BINARY 12
BINDER 11
BINGER 12
BIRDED 11
BIRDER 10
BIRDIE 10
BIREME 12
BIRKIE 13
BIRLED 11
BIRLER 10
BIRLES 10
BIRRED 10
BIRTHS 11
BOILER 10
BONIER 10
BORIDE 10
BORING 12
BORZOI 18
BOXIER 16
BRAIDS 10
BRAILS 10
BRAINS 10
BRAINY 12
BRAIZE 18
BRASIL 10
BRAZIL 19
BREWIS 12
BRIARD 10
BRIARY 11
BRIBED 13
BRIBEE 12
BRIBER 12
BRIBES 12
BRICKS 16
BRICKY 18
BRIDAL 11
BRIDES 10
BRIDGE 12
BRIDLE 11
BRIEFS 12
BRIERY 11
BRIGHT 13
BRILLS 11
BRINED 11
BRINER 10
BRINES 10
BRINGS 12
BRINKS 14
BRIONY 12
BRISKS 13
BROILS 10
BROMIC 15
BROMID 13
BROMIN 13
BRUCIN 14
BRUINS 11
BRUISE 10
BRUITS 10
BURDIE 11
BURIAL 11
BURIED 11
BURIER 10
BURIES 10
BURINS 11
BURNIE 11
BUSIER 10
BYRNIE 12
CARIBE 12
CORBIE 12
DEBRIS 10
DIBBER 13
DISBAR 10
ERBIUM 13
FABRIC 15
FIBBER 15
FIBERS 12
FIBRES 12
FIBRIL 13
FIBRIN 13
FORBID 13
GAMBIR 14
GERBIL 12
GIBBER 14
GIBERS 11
HUBRIS 12
HYBRID 14
HYBRIS 13
IMBARK 16
IMBRUE 13
INBORN 11
INBRED 11
JABIRU 19
JIBBER 21
JIBERS 18
KRUBIS 14
LIBBER 13
LIBERS 10
LIBRAE 10
LIBRAS 10
LIMBER 13
LUBRIC 14
MBIRAS 12
MIDRIB 13
MIHRAB 14
MIMBAR 15
MORBID 13
ORBING 12
OUREBI 10
PROBIT 12
RABBIN 13
RABBIS 12
RABBIT 12
REBIDS 10
REBILL 11
REBIND 11
REBOIL 10
RHOMBI 14
RIBALD 11
RIBAND 11
RIBBED 13
RIBBER 12
RIBBON 13
RIBLET 10
ROBBIN 13
ROBING 12
ROBINS 10
RUBIED 11
RUBIER 10
RUBIES 10
RUBIGO 12
RUBRIC 13
SCRIBE 12
SORBIC 12
TERBIC 12
TIMBER 12
TIMBRE 12
TRIBAL 10
TRILBY 12
TURBID 11
TURBIT 10
URBIAS 10
VERBID 14
VIBRIO 13
ZARIBA 18
5 letter words with the letters RIB 
BARIC 11
BIKER 12
BIRCH 13
BIRDY 11
BIRKS 12
BIRTH 10
BORIC 11
BRAVI 12
BRIBE 11
BRICK 15
BRIEF 11
BRIGS 10
BRILL 10
BRIMS 11
BRING 11
BRINK 13
BRINY 11
BRISK 12
BRUIN 10
BURIN 10
CRIBS 11
FIBER 11
FIBRE 11
GIBER 10
JIBER 17
KRUBI 13
MBIRA 11
RABBI 11
RABIC 11
RIBBY 13
4 letter words with the letters RIB 
ABRI 7
BIER 7
BIRD 8
BIRK 11
BIRL 8
BIRO 7
BIRR 7
BRIE 7
BRIG 9
BRIM 10
BRIN 8
BRIO 7
BRIS 7
BRIT 7
CRIB 10
DRIB 8
RIBS 7
3 letter words with the letters RIB 
RIB 6
2 letter words with the letters RIB 
BI 5

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