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Meaning:
acronym:
- A lightweight inflatable boat with a rigid hull.
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Noun:
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
- 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
- Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
- A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
- A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
- architecture A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- A stalk of celery.
- A teasing joke
- botany The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
- Ireland colloquial A single strand of hair.
- nautical Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
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Verb:
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs
- To tease or make fun of someone
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