short ribs

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plural noun
  1. a beef cut from the underside of the chest, consisting of five connected ribs.

  2. a beef cut from the shoulder, consisting of thick, rectangular slices 2 to 3 inches long.

Origin of short ribs

1
First recorded in 1610–1620

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How to use short ribs in a sentence

  • The short ribs borne on the anterior caudal vertebrae are cartilaginous.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • Each 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. Reynolds
  • Say, 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