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Definition: Spareribs |
SpareribsNoun1. Baked or roasted with a spicy sauce. 2. Cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spareribs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references) |
Synonym: SpareribsSynonym: barbecued spareribs (n). (additional references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Spareribs and Gravy. "I've got a scheme to square ourselves with the king". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expression using "spareribs": barbecued spareribs. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "spareribs"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | spareribs. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | buikribjes, buikkrabbetjes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | grilliluut, grillikylki. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | travers de porc, plates-côtes, plat de côtes de porc, plat de côtes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Schälrippen, Rippchen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | στηθοπλευρές χοιρινές. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | costine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | areribsspay entrecosto (flat ribs, fore ribs, tick ribs, top ribs). (various references) Costillas (striations), costillar de cerdo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-p-r-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: aspirers, brasiers, brassier, praisers, sparerib. | |
-2 letters: arrises, aspirer, aspires, braises, brasier, brassie, paresis, parises, parries, parsers, praiser, praises, raisers, rapiers, raspers, raspier, repairs, sierras, sparers, sparser, spireas. | |
-3 letters: airers, arises, aspers, aspire, barres, biases, birses, braise, briars, briers, parers, paries, parser, parses, passer, pisser, praise, prases, priers, prises, rabies, raiser, raises, rapers, rapier. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-p-r-r-s-s" | |
+2 letters: crispbreads, raspberries, soapberries. | |
+4 letters: presbyterials. | |
+5 letters: hyperurbanisms. | |
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