short ribs
a beef cut from the underside of the chest, consisting of five connected ribs.
a beef cut from the shoulder, consisting of thick, rectangular slices 2 to 3 inches long.
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How to use short ribs in a sentence
A meat dish, galbi jim (braised short ribs), is a usual suspect.
Texas Red Braised Beef short ribs by Matt and Ted Lee In Texas, “red” is archaic slang for chili con carne.
Or in this case, Rib Gourmand: short ribs have become synonymous with long cooking.
When the woodsman felt a hand jab him in the short ribs he recognized this as the signal from Paul for which he had been waiting.
The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound | George A. WarrenHe leaped from a half crouch, and his dagger sank cleanly home behind the short ribs.
The Time Traders | Andre Norton
The short ribs borne on the anterior caudal vertebrae are cartilaginous.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsEach bears a pair of short ribs which meet the ilia, but are not completely ankylosed either with them or the centra.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsSay, do you know, that unexpected glimpse of this little private hard luck proposition of theirs kind of got me in the short ribs.
Odd Numbers | Sewell Ford
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