Definition of Riblet

1. Noun. (American English) Boneless processed pork or beef rib meat, served at restaurants and fast food places. ¹

2. Noun. (U.K.) A cut of veal or lamb taken from near the rib ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Riblet

1. the rib end in a breast of lamb or veal [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riblet

ribeyes
ribibes
ribible
ribibles
ribier
ribiers
ribin
ribins
ribitol
ribityl
ribityls
ribless
riblet (current term)
riblets
riblike
ribo-
ribo-2-hexulose
riboadenine
riboflavin
riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate
riboflavin 5'-phosphate
riboflavin deficiency
riboflavin kinase
riboflavin permease
riboflavin synthase
riboflavin unit
riboflavinoid

Literary usage of Riblet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Gas Institute by American Gas Institute (1912)
"Mr. riblet was for 48 years continuously in the service of the Manhattan and ... Mr. riblet was of a retiring disposition but well equipped for his ..."

2. Portrait and Biographical Album of Newaygo County, Mich., Containing by Chapman Brothers (1884)
"2, 1834, and is the son of Samuel and Deborah (Woods) riblet. The earliest ancestor to whom the family traces its origin was a Huguenot, and a descendant ..."

3. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"Additionally, there is a low secondary spiral riblet at the base of the whorl adjoining the suture, and this too is beaded although feebly so ..."

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