baby back ribs

plural noun

: meaty pork ribs cut from the lower back rib section

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Dinners range from chicken piccata to beef stroganoff to baby back ribs. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025 Arlex Sagastume, another friend, tried the baby back ribs and brisket. — Zuri Primos june 17, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026 Highlights include a shareable chef's whim butter board, baked crab dip, snow crab avocado stack, short rib mac and cheese, salt and vinegar fish and chips, bayou baby back ribs and prime grade filet mignon. — Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025 Now, the restaurant brings a modern twist to the classic Wisconsin supper club, serving steaks and comfort fare like chicken marsala, chicken pot pie, baby back ribs and braised beef stroganoff. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for baby back ribs

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First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of baby back ribs was in 1954

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