rib
rib - noun
- Any of the paired curved bony or partly cartilaginous rods that stiffen the walls of the body of most vertebrates and protect the viscera
- Wife
- One of the stiff strips supporting an umbrella's fabric
- One of the arches in Romanesque and Gothic vaulting meeting and crossing one another and dividing the whole vaulted space into triangles
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
SpellingJoy score for rib
SpellingJoy Gematria
📚 Apprentice
58
Letter Values
R
21
I
9
B
5
Etymology
Old English
Middle English, from Old English ribb; akin to Old High German rippi rib, Old Church Slavic rebro, and probably to Greek erephein to roof over