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Definition of "riblike" []

  • Resembling, or functioning like, a rib. (adjective)

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Use "riblike" in a sentence
  • "Too bad the valley did not match the view-bare trees on either side of the road stretched riblike limbs toward them; a clammy, spectral mist rose from stagnant pools of water as they passed through the Beguilers 'swamp."
  • "A pair of riblike bones, each fastened to portions of fin with strings cut from his former cape, made passable paddles with which to propel the once-living raft."
  • "It was a different shade of white, however, and the riblike projections which emerged from the pile were not ice crystals."
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