spareribs

[ spair-ribz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.
2. a dish of this meat, usually baked, roasted, or barbecued with a pungent sauce.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spareribs¹

1590–1600; transposed variant of earlier ribspare < Middle Low German ribbespēr rib cut; compare obsolete spare a cut, slice

Example Sentences

The ribs inside this cut, when cut from underneath, are sold as spareribs.

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The spareribs give the cabbage a very pleasing flavor and at the same time supply nourishment to the dish.

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He reflected a moment, studying the spareribs, which had just arrived.

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Or look around to see if any of the party or the pack was rolling down over the spareribs of that ghastly skeleton.

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I's got a taste o' dese heah spareribs an' sausages, an' I ain't gwine take no medicine.

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