Meaning

1 senses
  1. (rare)Sparerib.

Origin

From Low German ribbesper, from Middle Low German ribbespêr (“spareribs”), from ribbe (“ri

From Low German ribbesper, from Middle Low German ribbespêr (“spareribs”), from ribbe (“rib”) + sper (“spear; spit”), from Old Saxon ribbi + sper, from Proto-Germanic *ribją + *speru. The second element of the English word was probably influenced by English spare (“lean, wanting flesh”).

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Forms

plural: ribspares
Singularribspare
Pluralribspares

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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