rib

Betekenis (Engels)

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. 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. A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
7. A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
8. The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
9. A teasing joke.
10. (colloquial) A single strand of hair.
11. A stalk of celery.
12. A wife or woman.

rib

ribbe

ribbel

ribbelen

bladnerf

rib bone

make fun

jest at

side of the body

wing rib

trimming knife

costae rib

os costale

pull someone’s leg

rachis

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹɪb/

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”). (wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.