short ribs
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- noun
- /ʃɔrt rɪbz/
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costillas cortas
- The sweet and smoky aroma of slow-cooked braised short ribs wafted across the restaurant.
- braised short ribs
- beef short ribs
- pounds of short ribs
And this is actually, let me, this is a Korean BBQ short rib burrito.
- And this is actually, let me, this is a Korean BBQ short rib burrito.
Examples
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The Chelsea Chowder House is known for its short ribs.
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It's a real mouthful of dark, savory, supple cabernet that would be terrific with braised short ribs or lamb shanks.
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Got some short ribs cooking.
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In hindsight, short ribs would have been better for the added fat.
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Once that is brown add the short ribs and veggies to the crock pot.
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My mother was marinating short ribs for a kalbi barbecue.
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Serve the short ribs with the carrots, onions, mushrooms, and sauce.
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We're doing some braised short ribs with Yukon gold potatoes and Brussels sprouts.
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I found the braised prime short ribs a little too salty for pleasure.
Synonyms
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A cut of meat that includes a bone from the animal's chest
A piece of beef from near the shoulder with short bones and meat for slow cooking
How Tender
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'short' simply modifies 'ribs', so a learner who knows 'short' (small in length) and 'rib' (a meat/bone cut) can infer it refers to ribs that are short — i.e., a particular cut of meat. The culinary usage (braising/roasting) is a pragmatic detail and does not make the meaning idiomatic or unpredictable.
Etymology
Short ribs comes from how the meat is cut: the rib bones are cut into short pieces, so the name joins short and ribs. That's why short ribs today means the small sections of beef from the rib area that are often 'cooked slowly' until 'tender'.