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

Neither matters all that much, nor is any kind of rationale necessary to fall sway to director Oliver Laxe’s deliriously cool survival story, gassed by a pedal-to-the-metal need for speed and pounding EDM music which, if played at the proper volume, should rattle your rib cage. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025

During mobility work: Use your breathing to move your rib cage in ways that support better posture, positioning and rotation. —Dana Santas, CNN Money, 14 May 2025

Photos depict a heartbreaking sight, with Hector’s rib cage protruding through his weakened body as red blotches line his ivory and brown coat. —Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025

The 25-year-old Casas missed 98 games last season after tearing cartilage in his rib cage on a swing that April. —Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 3 May 2025

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