spareribs

[ spair-ribz ]

/ ˈspɛərˌrɪbz /

Save This Word!

noun (used with a plural verb)

a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.

a dish of this meat, usually baked, roasted, or barbecued with a pungent sauce.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Origin of spareribs

1590–1600; transposed variant of earlier ribspare<Middle Low German ribbespēr rib cut; compare obsolete spare a cut, slice

Words nearby spareribs

spar deck, spare, spare part, spare-part surgery, sparerib, spareribs, spare the rod and spoil the child, spare tire, spare tyre, sparganoma, sparganosis

How to use spareribs in a sentence

The ribs inside this cut, when cut from underneath, are sold as spareribs.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
The spareribs give the cabbage a very pleasing flavor and at the same time supply nourishment to the dish.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
He reflected a moment, studying the spareribs, which had just arrived.
The Salamander|Owen Johnson
Or look around to see if any of the party or the pack was rolling down over the spareribs of that ghastly skeleton.
Tenting To-night|Mary Roberts Rinehart

I's got a taste o' dese heah spareribs an' sausages, an' I ain't gwine take no medicine.
Contemporary One-Act Plays|Sir James M. Barrie