rib : Idioms & Phrases

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Chuck rib

  • a cut of beef immediately in front of the middle rib. See Chuck.
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chuck short ribs

  • noun between the chuck and the brisket
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Diagonal rib

  • . (Arch.) See Cross-springer.
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False ribs

  • (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man.
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Floating ribs

  • (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in front; in man they are the last two pairs.
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Fore ribs

  • a cut of beef immediately in front of the sirloin.
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genus ribes

  • noun a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere
    Ribes.
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lierne rib

Lierne" rib`
Etymology
F. lierne.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.
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Middle rib

  • a cut of beef between the chuck rib and the fore ribs.
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rib cage

  • noun the bony enclosing wall of the chest
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Rib grass

  • . (Bot.) Same as Ribwort.
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rib joint pliers

  • noun a type of pliers
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rib roast

  • noun a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs
    rib roast.
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ribbed toad

  • noun western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ
    Ascaphus trui; tailed toad; tailed frog; bell toad.
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ribbed vault

  • noun vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches
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ribes grossularia

  • noun spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
    Ribes grossularia; gooseberry; gooseberry bush.
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ribes nigrum

  • noun widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries
    black currant; European black currant.
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ribes rubrum

  • noun cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
    red currant; garden current.
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ribes sanguineum

  • noun a flowering shrub
    winter currant.
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ribes sativum

  • noun garden currant bearing small white berries
    white currant.
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ribes uva-crispa

  • noun spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
    Ribes grossularia; gooseberry; gooseberry bush.
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rock-ribbed

  • adjective satellite abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps
    rockbound.
    • the rock-ribbed coast of Maine
  • adjective satellite tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
    die-hard.
    • an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative
    • rock-ribbed republican
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Short rib

  • (Anat.), one of the false ribs.
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short ribs

  • noun cut of beef containing rib ends near the sternum
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standing rib roast

  • noun a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs
    rib roast.
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Sternal ribs

  • . See the Note under Rib, n., 1.
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To rib land

  • to leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in plowing.
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true rib

  • noun one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum
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white-ribbed

  • adjective satellite having white ribs
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