rib cage

noun

: the bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and the structures connecting them

Examples of rib cage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The teacher, 53-year-old Rudolph Infante, is accused of touching the girl several times, kissing her and showing her a tattoo of two hearts on his rib cage — telling her one heart represented her and the other him, according to his arrest report. —Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026

Engage your core and use your back and shoulder muscles to draw the weights up toward your rib cage. —Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 Apr. 2026

Limited mid-back mobility and a stiff rib cage push the neck and upper-back muscles to work overtime during reaching and overhead movements, with the lower back compensating during any type of rotating. —Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026

Prior to the devastating knee injury, Casas also suffered a torn cartilage in the left side of his rib cage during the 2024 season. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rib cage

• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage
• messuage
• offstage
• onstage
• outrage
• pelage

Kids Definition

rib cage

noun

: the bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and their connecting parts

Medical Definition

rib cage

noun

: the bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and the structures connecting them

called also thoracic cage