RIB (DISAMBIGUATION)

'Rib' may mean:
In 'anatomy':

★ Rib, a bone attached to the spine, in vertebrate animals

★ Ribs (food), the cooked meat and rib bones of a food animal

★ Rib or costa, the leading edge of an insect wing (See glossary of Lepidopteran terms)
In 'construction':

★ Rib (aircraft), a portion of an aircraft wing

★ Rib, a member attached to the keel in boat building

★ Rib, any slender molded masonry arch projecting from a surface, particularly as part of an architectural vault

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★ Rib vault, a type of architectural vault in which the ribs are built first
In other contexts:

★ Rib (professional wrestling), a practical joke

★ Rib, a character in the Amiga computer game ''Skeleton Krew'', by Core Design
'RIB' is an abbreviation for:

★ Rigid-hulled inflatable boat

★ Razed in Black, an industrial music group

★ Remote insight board, an out-of-band network management interface on HP servers

★ A file format used by RenderMan
'Rib' may also refer to:

★ The sides of a violin

★ The sides of a tunnel

★ A stitch pattern in knitting

★ A tool used for shaping or smoothing pottery