Usually means: Lacking ribs, either structurally or metaphorically.
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  1. ribless: Merriam-Webster
  2. ribless: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ribless: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ribless: Vocabulary.com
  5. ribless: Wordnik
  6. ribless: Wiktionary
  7. Ribless, ribless: Dictionary.com
  8. Ribless: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. ribless: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. ribless: Rhymezone
  11. Ribless: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. ribless: FreeDictionary.org
  13. ribless: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Ribless: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Lacking ribs

Similar:
lobeless, ridgeless, diaphragmless, coreless, ribbonless, rimless, lipless, columnless, barless, lungless, more...

Opposite:
ribbed, ribbed-out, ribbed-up

Types:
boneless, skinless, fatless, seedless, veinless, pithless, heartless, nerveless, more...

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Similar:
lobeless, ridgeless, diaphragmless, coreless, ribbonless, rimless, lipless, columnless, barless, lungless, more...

Opposite:
ribbed, ribbed-out, ribbed-up

Types:
boneless, skinless, fatless, seedless, veinless, pithless, heartless, nerveless, more...



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