Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
- 2noun
That which resembles a rib in form or use.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.
- 5noun
One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.
- 6noun
A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.
- 7noun
A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
- 8noun
The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.
- 9noun
Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.
- 10noun
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.
- 11noun
A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.
- 12noun
Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.
- 13noun
An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
- 14noun
A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.
- 15transitive verb
To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
- 16transitive verb
To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- 17noun
support resembling the rib of an animal
- 18noun
a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
- 19noun
a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
- 20noun
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
- 21noun
a teasing remark
- 22noun
cut of meat including one or more ribs
- 23verb
subject to laughter or ridicule
"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"
"The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"
Synonyms
- 24verb
form vertical ribs by knitting
"A ribbed sweater"
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