Meaning & use
ab
An abdominal muscle, especially one of the muscles forming the front of the stomach area.
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He strained an ab muscle while attempting an overly ambitious sit-up routine at the gym.
Regular core exercises can help tone each ab and improve overall posture.
A note on using this word
Ab is informal and almost always used in the plural form 'abs' when referring to the stomach muscles collectively.
Words with a similar meaning
abdominal muscle
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