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sparerib.

A cut of meat including the rib bones.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌspɛəˈɹɪb/Received-Pronunciation/ˌspɛɚˈɹɪb/General-American
  1. A cut of meat including the rib bones.

Where this word comes from

Probably borrowed from Low German ribbesper, from Middle Low German ribbespêr (“spare-ribs”), from ribbe (“rib”) + sper (“spear; spit”), from Old Saxon ribbi + sper, from Proto-Germanic *ribją + *speru. The word was transposed, with the first element becoming confused with English spare due to folk-etymology. Compare also English ribspare (rare, modern uses dialectal).

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