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Ribbed Common

Ribbed has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of rib

"The old man laughed so hard he had to rib his friend about forgetting their anniversary again."

Adjective
1

furnished or strengthened with ribs

"The ancient stone arch was reinforced with carved ribs to support its heavy weight."

2

(of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture

"The old leather sofa has become so worn that its backrest is now covered in a cracked, ribbed texture."

3

Having ribs.

"The old wooden barrel was ribbed to reinforce its structure against pressure."

Related Terms
Antonyms
ribless
Rhyming Words
bed obed abed orbed cubed abbed pubed lubed tubed robed mobed unbed lobed rebed embed imbed robbed nibbed biobed fibbed
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