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Results for: "rib"

Translating from English to Norwegian

Translations:

rib
→ ribbein
rib
→ spant
rib
→ ribbestrikking, vrangbord
rib
→ -ribbe; spile

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (6)

1. support resembling the rib of an animal;

2. any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates);
[syn: rib, costa]

3. cut of meat including one or more ribs;

4. a teasing remark;

5. a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant;

6. a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural;


VERB (2)

1. form vertical ribs by knitting;
- Example: "A ribbed sweater"

2. subject to laughter or ridicule;
- Example: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"
- Example: "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"
- Example: "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
[syn: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun]