Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "rib" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Dogrib abdominal rib baby back rib baldrib beef rib chuck rib false rib floating rib flying rib forerib lierne rib middle rib midrib prime rib rib eye rib eye steak rib steak rib vault rib-cage rib-eye rib-eye steak rib-faced deer rib-rack rib-tickler rib-tickling ribband ribbed vault ribber ribbie ribby ribcage ribectomy ribeye ribeye steak ribgrass ribless riblet riblike ribroast ribspare ribsteak ribstone ribwich ribwork ribwort short rib spare rib spare-rib sparerib spear-rib standing rib stick to one's ribs toby rib true rib

Context

archaic literary humorous architecture botany handicraft internet ireland knitting nautical vertebrate

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

anatomical structure bemock bodily structure body structure bone comment complex body part cut cut of meat input knit mock molding moulding os remark structure support

Type Of (IsA)

anatomical structure bone cut flat bone food may molding remark structure support

Manner Of

knit

Part Of

cello hull umbrella vertebrate wing

Related Terms

aircraft animal arch barbeque barbeque sauce base boat bone bones celery chest chest bone cloth covering covering organs curve cut delicious delicious pork extending food framework fun hull human human bone in torso inflatable information joke keel knitted leaf lightweight lungs material meat member organs outward pair part piece plough pork prime projecting protect protect lungs provide rack raised ridge rigid routing sauce shape ship skeletons spine stalk sternum strength structure support surface tease teasing torso transverse upward vault vein web wife wing woman

Synonym Network

rhib rhibbie ribbie ridicule rigid hulled inflatable boat rigid inflatable boat

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.