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Word entry · 5 letters

costa

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"Rib, anatomically"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒ.stə/Part of speech nounSorted acostStarts with CEnds with A1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A rib or riblike structure in anatomy or botany.

Word origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin costa (“a rib”). Doublet of coast.

Used in a sentence

  • Coccinelle, the flamboyant star of a female-impersonation revue at the Carrousel Club in Paris, recounted the saga of her physical transformation to Italiaan journalist Mario Costa.
  • Riviera, a small town on Spain's southern coast, was empty of tourists, who had long gone back to their jobs and mundane lives, their Costa holiday a faded summer's dream.

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