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ribbed (root: rib)
CIDE DICTIONARY
ribbed, a.
- Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth. [1913 Webster]
- Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal. Raymond. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
ribbed
canaliculate, canaliculated, chamfered, channeled, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, costate, crimped, cut, dadoed, engraved, fluted, furrowed, gashed, goffered, gouged, grooved, incised, pleated, rabbeted, rifled, rutted, rutty, scored, scratched, slit, striated, sulcate, sulcated, troughed, wrinkledROGET THESAURUS
ribbed
Furrow
N furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, fluting, corduroy road, cradle hole, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke, moat, fosse, trough, kennel, ravine, tajo, thank-ye-ma'am, furrowed, ribbed, striated, sulcated, fluted, canaliculated, bisulcous, bisulcate, bisulcated, canaliferous, trisulcate, corduroy, unisulcate, costate, rimiform.For further exploring for "ribbed" in Webster Dictionary Online