Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
spare ribs
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Pour the barbecue sauce over the spare ribs.
▪ The food was good: a thin soup followed by pork spare ribs.
▪ Trim spare ribs of any excess fat, then place in a large roasting tin.
Wiktionary
spare ribs
n. (spare rib English)
Wikipedia
Spare ribs
Spare ribs (also side ribs or spareribs) are a variety of pork ribs or beef ribs, cooked and eaten in various cuisines around the world. They are the most inexpensive cut of pork and beef ribs. They are a long cut from the lower portion of the pig or cattle, specifically the belly and breastbone, behind the shoulder, and include 11 to 13 long bones. There is a covering of meat on top of the bones as well as between them.