Rib

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Rib or 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
  • Rib vault, a type of architectural vault in which the ribs are built first

Others

• Rib (professional wrestling), a practical joke
• The sides of a violin
• The sides of a tunnel
• A stitch pattern in knitting
• A tool used for shaping or smoothing pottery
• A type of fabric with closely woven yarn.

Acronyms

• Rigid-hulled inflatable boat
• Razed in Black, an industrial music group
• Reign in Blood, an album by thrash metal band, Slayer
• RenderMan Interface Bytestream
• Revolution in Babylon, an alternative rock band from Israel.
• Romanian International Bank
• Routing Information Base
• Roman Inscriptions of Britain, a reference book important to archaeologists etc.
• Retirement Insurance Benefits, old age insurance provided by the United States Social Security Administration

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