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spear-rib

spear-rib is the alternative form of sparerib.

Meaning of sparerib

Noun

sparerib (plural spareribs)

  1. A cut of meat including the rib bones.
    • SPARERIBS AND SAUERKRAUT […] Place sauerkraut in greased baking dish and sprinkle with brown sugar. Brown spareribs under broiler heat, season and place on sauerkraut.1976, Ruth Berolzheimer, editor, Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook, new rev. edition, Chicago, Ill.: Culinary Arts Institute, →ISBN, page 384
    Synonyms:
    ribspare

Forms of spear-rib

pluralspear-ribs

Questions about spear-rib

What is spear-rib the alternative form of?
Spear-rib is the alternative form of sparerib.

Words near spear-rib in the dictionary

  1. spear-head
  2. spear-heads
  3. spear-penny
  4. spear-point
  5. spear-points
  6. spear-rib
  7. spear-ribs
  8. spear-thrower
  9. spear-throwers
  10. spear-tip
  11. spear-tips

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