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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural Pork ribs that are taken from the sides of the belly and that have had most of the meat trimmed off.

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  • noun Plural form of sparerib.

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  • noun baked or roasted with a spicy sauce
  • noun cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration of obsolete ribspare, from Low German ribbesper, pickled pork ribs roasted on a spit, from Middle Low German ribbespēr : ribbe, rib + spēr, spear, spit.]

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