ribby
Like corduroy fabric
Ribby describes someone or something showing prominent ribs, typically from thinness or undernourishment: a ribby stray cat, He came back from the expedition looking ribby and exhausted.
The word suggests visible bone structure through skin or fur, implying the subject could use more food.
Lean from deprivation
- emaciatedAbnormally wasted from hunger
- bonyThin, with protruding skeleton
- scrawnyUnattractively thin and bony
- undernourishedInsufficiently nourished
skeletal · malnourished · lean · wiry · rangy · rawboned · angular · hollow
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
- emaciatedAbnormally wasted from hunger
- bonyThin, with protruding skeleton
- scrawnyUnattractively thin and bony
undernourished · skeletal · malnourished · lean · wiry · rangy · rawboned · angular · hollow · sunken
costal
Concerning the ribs
- thoraxCentral body cavity
- sternumFlat chest bone
- intercostalBetween the ribs
ribcage · cartilage · bony · skeletal · chest · vertebrae · diaphragm · torso · xiphoid · floating
ridged
Having raised lines
- groovedHaving linear indentations
- corrugatedFormed into parallel folds
- striatedMarked with parallel grooves
furrowed · fluted · pleated · channelled · textured · lined · parallel · raised · indented · wavy
- rib cageBony chest enclosure
- spare ribsBone-in pork cuts
- broken ribsCracked thoracic cage bones
- prime ribBone-in beef roast
- beef ribsCow rib meat
- baby back ribsPork cut from upper spine
rib, ribs, ribbing, ribbed, ribboned, ribboning, ribbonlike, ribless, unribbed