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What is the noun for rib?

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rib
  1. Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
  2. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
  3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
  4. (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
  5. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
  6. (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
  7. (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
  8. (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
  9. A teasing joke
  10. (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
  11. A stalk of celery.
  12. (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.
  13. Synonyms:
  14. Examples:
    1. “He'd had a fever and we thought the infection was in his lungs because he wasn't breathing deeply enough from the pain in his rib.”
      “The bottom portion of the blade holder contains a groove into which a protruding rib from the back surface of the blade fits.”
      “Here was someone who could appreciate a differing opinion, even a satirical rib of his own opinion, and not go off like a grenade.”
ribbing
  1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
  3. (countable) An instance of teasing.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “During the lunch break, the coworkers engaged in lighthearted ribbing, jokingly mocking each other's sports teams.”
ribber
  1. One who ribs; a good-natured tease.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It was him that sicked them vampires on to Will here, an' we're all in for a black time on this black ribber.”
      “Him get velly bad further on, was all the comfort Salloo could offer, but not velly far to ribber once we strike udder trail.”
      “Salloo know other way, was the reply, we go round by ribber.”
ribbings
ribbers
  1. plural of ribber
ribs
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