rib
noun (BONE) /rɪb/Definition
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B2 [C] a bone that curves round from your back to your chest: My son broke a rib when he fell off a ladder.Bone structures › [C or U] a piece of meat taken from this part of an animal: He cooked rib of lamb for Sunday lunch. → See also spare ribsCuts of meat › [C] one of the curved pieces of metal or wood that support the structure of a boat or roofRoofs and parts of roofsParts of ships and boatsPhysical supports and supportingArches, columns and beams
(Definition of rib noun (BONE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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