rib cage

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   the bony enclosing wall of the chest

   Broaderskeletal structure

   Part ofthoraxaxial skeleton

Questions about rib cage

What does rib cage mean?

rib cage means "the bony enclosing wall of the chest".

Is rib cage a common word?

rib cage is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.