Rib vs. Flange

Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum

A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones

(nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull

Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength

(architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

(knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth

(botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf

A teasing joke

A single strand of hair.

A stalk of celery.

(archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.

To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

Example: ‘He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.’;

To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

(transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

That which resembles a rib in form or use.

The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.

In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.

Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.

A wife; - in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.

Example: ‘How many have we known whose heads have been broken with their own rib.’;

To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.

To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

Example: ‘It [lead] were too grossTo rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.’;

support resembling the rib of an animal

any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

cut of meat including one or more ribs

a teasing remark

a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

form vertical ribs by knitting;

Example: ‘A ribbed sweater’;

subject to laughter or ridicule;

Example: ‘The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house’; ‘The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher’; ‘His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday’;

In vertebrate anatomy, ribs (Latin: costae) are the long curved bones which form the rib cage, part of the axial skeleton. In most tetrapods, ribs surround the chest, enabling the lungs to expand and thus facilitate breathing by expanding the chest cavity.

An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.

The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.

(RPG) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.

A vulva.

The collective noun for a group of baboons.

The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.

(intransitive) To be bent into a flange.

(transitive) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time.

An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc.

A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe.

To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

To be bent into a flange.

a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

A flange is a protruded ridge, lip or rim, either external or internal, that serves to increase strength (as the flange of an iron beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam); for easy attachment/transfer of contact force with another object (as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the lens mount of a camera); or for stabilizing and guiding the movements of a machine or its parts (as the inside flange of a rail car or tram wheel, which keep the wheels from running off the rails). The term is also used for a kind of tool used to form flanges.

Example: ‘flange’;