rib

rib is a 3-letter English word with 24 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 24 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
2. noun. That which resembles a rib in form or use.
3. noun. One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel.
4. noun. A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.
5. noun. One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.
6. noun. A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.
7. noun. A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
8. noun. The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.
9. noun. Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.
10. noun. In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.
11. noun. A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.
12. noun. Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.
13. noun. An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
14. noun. A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.
15. transitive verb. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
16. transitive verb. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
17. noun. support resembling the rib of an animal
18. noun. a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
19. noun. a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
20. noun. 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)

    Synonyms: costa

21. noun. a teasing remark
22. noun. cut of meat including one or more ribs
23. verb. subject to laughter or ridicule

    "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"

    "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"

    Synonyms: blackguard, guy, ridicule, roast

24. verb. form vertical ribs by knitting

    "A ribbed sweater"

Synonyms

costa, blackguard, guy, ridicule, roast

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rib:

rbi

Common word forms

ribs, ribes, ribbed, ribber, ribbing, ribless

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