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▸ noun:  (anatomy) 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.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
▸ noun:  A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
▸ noun:  (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
▸ noun:  (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
▸ noun:  (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
▸ noun:  (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
▸ noun:  (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
▸ noun:  A teasing joke.
▸ noun:  (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
▸ noun:  A stalk of celery.
▸ noun:  (archaic, literary or humorous) A wife or woman.
▸ verb:  To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
▸ verb:  To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
▸ verb:  To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
▸ noun:  (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
▸ noun:  (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
▸ noun:  (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
▸ noun:  (Internet) routing information base
▸ noun:  Acronym of rigid inflatable boat: a lightweight inflatable boat with a rigid hull

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