spare rib
spare rib — noun
1. one of the lower bones from a pig's side, sold with a small amount of meat on it
one of the lower bones from a pig's side, sold with a small amount of meat on it and often cooked in sauce or on a grill
Rodrigo ordered a spare rib with rice and pickled vegetables at lunch.
order a spare rib — restaurant food context
Putri brushed sauce over the spare rib before sliding it into the oven.
brush sauce over + spare rib
At the barbecue, Daniel picked up a spare rib and bit off the meat.
Iris cut the spare rib into smaller pieces for her young son.
The cook marinated each spare rib overnight so the meat stayed tender.
- rib
a broader word that can mean any rib from pork, beef, or another animal
- baby back rib
a more specific pork rib from higher on the back, usually shorter and meatier than a spare rib
文法句型
a spare rib
cook a spare rib
spare rib with sauce
用法筆記
Usually countable when you mean one bone or one piece. In menus, the plural spare ribs is more common for the full dish or a serving with several ribs.