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How to pronounce “rib”

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Pronunciation guide for rib

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of rib with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Professor Sophie Scottis happening down at the rib cage.
Definition summary: (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

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Professor Sophie Scott

is happening down at the rib cage.

[Noun]
(anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
(by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
(nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
(aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
(architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
(firearms) A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
(knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
(botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
A teasing joke.
(Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
A stalk of celery.
(archaic, literary or humorous) A wife or woman.
[Verb]
To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
(transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).