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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RIBS

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What does RIBS mean?

1. Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
2. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
4. Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
5. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
6. A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
7. A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
8. The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
9. A teasing joke
10. A single strand of hair.
11. A stalk of celery.
12. (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.

1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
4. To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

1. Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
2. Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
3. Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).

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