floating rib


nounAnatomy.
  1. one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.

Origin of floating rib

1
First recorded in 1825–35

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How to use floating rib in a sentence

  • Ever since Eve was made for Adam's pleasure the female sex has been as pliable as the original mixture of mud and a floating rib.

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British Dictionary definitions for floating rib

floating rib

noun
  1. any rib of the lower two pairs of ribs in man, which are not attached to the breastbone

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