Definition of Short ribs

1. Noun. Cut of beef containing rib ends near the sternum.

Generic synonyms: Cut Of Beef

Definition of Short ribs

1. Noun. A cut of beef from the rib and plate primals and a small corner of the square-cut chuck. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Short Ribs

short of
short of a length
short on looks
short order
short orders
short out
short palmar muscle
short pants
short peroneal muscle
short posterior ciliary artery
short process of malleus
short radial extensor muscle of wrist
short reckonings make long friends
short rib-polydactyly syndrome
short ribs (current term)
short root of ciliary ganglion
short rotation energy plantation
short rotation intensive culture
short s
short sale
short saphenous nerve
short saphenous vein
short scale
short seller
short sellers
short selling
short sharp shock
short short stories
short short story

Literary usage of Short ribs

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Sides include various grades and cuts of short ribs, short clears and "English" ... Short rib sides include regular short ribs, jobbing or rough short ribs, ..."

2. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1914)
"Very large, pyriform, with swollen cheeks, one of which is larger than the other; apex very obtuse; neck and stalk very short; ribs distinct: but not much ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1896)
"It appears from the allegations of the bill that the complainant, Ryan, sold Roloson & Co. six hundred thousand pounds of short ribs for delivery in October ..."

4. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"Throbbing, burning pain in region of short ribs and pit of the stomach, < from pressure ... Sense of constriction from the right side all around short ribs; ..."

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