Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 13 compound words that contain ribs. The most common are listed below. Open ribs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- abdominal ribsplural of abdominal rib: Any of the riblike structures that cross the abdomen in lizards.
- beef ribsplural of beef rib: A section of a cow from which meat is butchered.
- false ribsplural of false rib: Any of the ribs that do not articulate directly with the sternum, but connect indirectly via cartilage.
- floating ribsplural of floating rib: Either of the two lowermost (the eleventh and twelfth) pairs of ribs, which are attached only to the vertebrae and not to the sternum or its cartilage.
- short ribsA cut of beef from the rib and plate primals and a small corner of the square-cut chuck.
- spare ribsplural of spare rib (alternative form of spareribs).
- true ribsplural of true rib: A rib attached to the spine and sternum, as opposed to a floating rib.
- baby back ribsplural of baby back rib: A cut of pork including small ribs cut from the upper hind ribs along the back of the pig.
- stick to someone's ribsTo be filling, especially due to having a heavy meaty or glutinous consistency.
- chuck ribsplural of chuck rib: A cut of beef immediately in front of the middle rib.
- flying ribsplural of flying rib: An exposed structural beam over the uppermost part of a building which is not otherwise connected to the building at its highest point.
- middle ribsplural of middle rib: A cut of beef between the chuck rib and fore ribs.
- prime ribsplural of prime rib: A cut of beef consisting of two to seven ribs; one of the nine primal cuts.
- spear-ribsplural of spear-rib (alternative form of spareribs).
- standing ribsplural of standing rib: A cut of beef from the primal rib, one of the eight primal cuts of beef.
- Korean-style short ribsSynonym of flanken short ribs (ribs cut across the bone, instead of along the bone)
- lierne ribsplural of lierne rib: 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.
- sticking to someone's ribspresent participle and gerund of stick to someone's ribs
- sticks to someone's ribsthird-person singular simple present indicative of stick to someone's ribs: To be filling, especially due to having a heavy meaty or glutinous consistency.
- stuck to someone's ribssimple past and past participle of stick to someone's ribs
Compound words 13
- contribsAbbreviation of contributions: Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
- spareribsplural of sparerib: A cut of meat including the rib bones.
- shortribsAlternative form of short ribs: A cut of beef from the rib and plate primals and a small corner of the square-cut chuck.
- Dogribsplural of Dogrib: A member of a people native to the Northwest Territories of Canada.
- foreribsplural of forerib: A cut of beef that includes the rib in front of the sirloin, used especially for roasting.
- midribsplural of midrib: The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
- RibstonA Ribston pippin.
- ribstonesplural of ribstone: A petroglyph in the form of an animal's rib cage.
- Ribstonsplural of Ribston: A Ribston pippin.
- uncribsthird-person singular simple present indicative of uncrib: To remove from a crib.