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Definitions for Ribbon

[1] a woven strip or band of fine material, as silk or rayon, varying in width and finished off at the edges, used for ornament, tying, etc.
[2] material in such strips.
[3] anything resembling or suggesting a ribbon or woven band.
[4] a band of inked material used in a typewriter, adding machine, etc., that supplies ink for printing the figure on the striking typeface onto the paper beneath.
[5] a strip of material, as satin or rayon, being or representing a medal or similar decoration, especially a military one: an overseas ribbon.
[6] ribbons, torn or ragged strips; shreds: clothes torn to ribbons. reins for driving.
[7] a long, thin flexible band of metal, as for a spring, a band saw, or a tapeline.
[8] Also riband, ribband, Also called ledger, ledger board, ribbon strip . Carpentry . a thin horizontal piece let into studding to support the ends of joists.
[9] Architecture . came2.
[10] Also riband, ribband. Nautical . a distinctive narrow band or stripe painted along the exterior of a hull.
[11] Shipbuilding . ribband1(def 1) .
[12] to adorn with ribbon.
[13] to mark with something suggesting ribbon.
[14] to separate into ribbonlike strips.
[15] to form in ribbonlike strips.
[16] a narrow strip of fine material, esp silk, used for trimming, tying, etc
[17] something resembling a ribbon; a long strip a ribbon of land
[18] a long thin flexible band of metal used as a graduated measure, spring, etc
[19] a long narrow strip of ink-impregnated cloth for making the impression of type characters on paper in a typewriter or similar device
[20] (plural) ragged strips or shreds (esp in the phrase torn to ribbons )
[21] a small strip of coloured cloth signifying membership of an order or award of military decoration, prize, or other distinction
[22] a small, usually looped, strip of coloured cloth worn to signify support for a charity or cause a red AIDS ribbon
[23] to adorn with a ribbon or ribbons
[24] to mark with narrow ribbon-like marks
[25] to reduce to ribbons; tear into strips

Words related to Ribbon

bow, decoration, tape, streamer, strip, stripe, braid, prize, binding, fillet, band, award, trimming, cordon, corse, bandeau, banderole

Words nearby Ribbon

ribbed vault, ribbed-knit, ribbentrop, ribbing, ribble, ribbon, ribbon copy, ribbon development, ribbon lightning, ribbon microphone, ribbon plant

Origin of Ribbon

1520–30; variant of Middle English riban(d ) < Old French, variant of r (e)uban, perhaps < Germanic. See band2

Other words from Ribbon

rib·bon·like , rib·bon·y , adjective
un·rib·boned , adjective

Word origin for Ribbon

C14 ryban , from Old French riban , apparently of Germanic origin; probably related to ring 1 , band ²

Synonyms for Ribbon

bow, decoration, streamer, strip, stripe, tape, award, band, bandeau, binding, braid, cordon, corse, fillet, prize, trimming, banderole