how to pronounce ribs

/ˈɹɪbz/

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ribs is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… everything from short ribs to apple pie …”

meanings of ribs

noun:

Plural of rib.
Plural of RIB.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rib.

ribs frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word ribs occurs in english on average 8.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ribs 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 ribs can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;