How to Spell rib
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
Etymology
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
Word family
ribs, ribcage
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