A framework of ribs.

The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances:
— His ribbing was gentle but persistent.

synonyms: tantalization, tease, teasing.

Dutch: plagen
Polish: dogryzienie, dokuczenie

Support resembling the rib of an animal.

Roget 215: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib^†; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, locus standi [Lat.]; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor etc. (basement) 211.    supporter; aid etc. 707; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment^†; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit^†, outrigger; ratlings^†.    staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle^†; bourdon^†, cowlstaff^†, lathi^†, mahlstick^†.    post, pillar, shaft, thill^†, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle^†, zocle^†; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb.    frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis^†, trave^†, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion^†; crown post, king post; vertebra.    columella^†, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay.    trunnion, pivot, rowlock^†; peg etc. (pendency) 214^†; tiebeam etc. (fastening) 45; thole pin^†.    board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet^†, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece [Fr.], mantleshelf^†; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy^†.    seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud^†; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil [Fr.], woolsack^†, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo^†, faldstool^†, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki^†, lamba kursi^†; saddle, pannel^†, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.    bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed^†, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang^†; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse^†; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.    footstool, hassock; tabouret^†; tripod, monopod.    Atlas, Persides, Atlantes^†, Caryatides, Hercules.    ... show more

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity^†, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; tumour [Brit.], tumor; tubercle, tuberosity [Anat.]; excrescence; hump, hunch, bunch.    boss, embossment, hub, hubble; [convex body parts] tooth [U.S.], knob, elbow, process, apophysis^†, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity^†, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf etc. (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon^†; molar; belly, corporation^†, pot belly, gut [Coll.]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange.    [convexities on skin] pimple, zit [Slang]; wen, wheel, papula [Med.], pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle^†, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus^†, fungus, fungosity^†, exostosis^†, bleb, blister, blain^†; boil etc. (disease) 655; airbubble^†, blob, papule, verruca.    [convex body parts on chest] papilla, nipple, teat, tit [Vulg.], titty [Vulg.], boob [Vulg.], knocker [Vulg.], pap, breast, dug, mammilla^†.    [prominent convexity on the face] proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz [Coll.].    peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag.    cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster.    relief, relievo [It], cameo; bassorilievo^†, mezzorilevo^†, altorivievo; low relief, bas relief [Fr.], high relief.    hill etc. (height) 206; cape, promontory, mull; forehead, foreland^†; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur; naze^†, ness.    ... show more

Roget 903: marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii [Lat.], nuptial tie.    married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation.    match; betrothment etc. (promise) 768; wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal; espousals, spousals; leading to the altar etc. v.; nuptial benediction, epithalamium^†; sealing.    torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen; hymeneal altar; honeymoon.    bridesmaid, bridesman^†, best man; bride, bridegroom.    married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist^†, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate^†; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife.    feme [Fr.], feme coverte [Fr.]; squaw, lady; matron, matronage, matronhood^†; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife.    monogamy, bigamy, digamy^†, deuterogamy^†, trigamy^†, polygamy; mormonism; levirate^†; spiritual wifery^†, spiritual wifeism^†; polyandrism^†; Turk, bluebeard^†.    unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill-assorted marriage; mesalliance; mariage de convenance [Fr.].    marriage broker; matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker; schatchen [G.].    ... show more

Dutch: brugpijler
Polish: żebro

Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates).

synonym: costa.

Dutch: rib
Polish: żebro

Cut of meat including one or more ribs.

Dutch: riblap, ribstuk
Polish: żeberka

A teasing remark.

A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant.

A projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural.

Polish: żebro

Form vertical ribs by knitting.

Subject to laughter or ridicule.

synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast.

Dutch: bespotten, ridiculiseren