rib, costa
(noun) any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
costa
(noun) a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
costa (plural costas or costae)
(anatomy) A rib.
(biology) A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
(entomology) The vein forming the leading edge of most insect wings.
• (vein of insect wing): C
• Ascot, Casto, Coats, Cotas, Sacto, Tosca, ascot, catso, coast, coats, octas, scato-, scoat, tacos
Costa (plural er-noun or Costas)
A surname.
A Italian surname.
A Galician surname.
A French surname.
A Occitan surname.
A Spanish surname.
A Catalonian surname.
A Portuguese surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Cos"ta (ks"t), n. Etym: [L., rib. See Coast.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: A rib of an animal or a human being.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect. (b) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
