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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cut of meat from the end of a rib, as of pork.
  • noun One of a series of microscopic grooves, each a few thousandths of an inch wide, inscribed on the surface of an adhesive-backed tape and used on airplanes and boat hulls to reduce drag.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little rib; a rudimentary rib; a vertebral pleurapophysis not developed into a free and functional rib: as, a cervical riblet of man. See pleurapophysis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun US Boneless processed pork or beef rib meat, served at restaurants and fast food places.
  • noun UK A cut of veal or lamb taken from near the rib

Etymologies

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rib +‎ -let

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