rib in English: One of the curved bones in your chest that protect your heart and lungs. (noun)

Translation

One of the curved bones in your chest that protect your heart and lungs.

Word origin

From Old English ribb, a Germanic word for the curved bones of the chest.

Gender

Pluralribs

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A rib is one of the curved bones in your chest.

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"Ribs" is the plural, meaning more than one rib.

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Here "ribs" means meat on the rib bone, a popular dish.

bone

One of the hard white parts inside the body that hold it up.

chest

The front of your body between your neck and your stomach, where your heart is.

body

The whole physical part of a person or animal.

heart

The part inside your body that pushes blood around and keeps you alive.

break

To make something come apart into pieces, or to stop it working.

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