how to pronounce rib

/ˈɹɪb/

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rib is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of rib in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that men had one rib fewer than women he …”

meaning of rib

Rib is a bone in the body.

rib frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word rib occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics rib can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that rib can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;