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1. (n.) ribbon
a woven strip of fine material, used for ornament, tying, etc.
2. ribbon
material in such strips.
3. ribbon
anything resembling a ribbon.
4. ribbon
ribbons,
5. ribbon
torn or ragged strips; shreds:
torn to ribbons.
6. ribbon
a band of inked material used in a typewriter, printer, etc.
7. ribbon
a strip of material, as satin or rayon, being or representing a military medal or similar decoration.
8. ribbon
a long, thin, flexible band of metal, as for a spring, a band saw, or a tapeline.
9. ribbon
Carpentry. a thin horizontal piece let into studding to support the ends of joists.
10. (v.t.) ribbon
to adorn with ribbon.
11. ribbon
to mark with something suggesting ribbon.
12. ribbon
to separate into ribbonlike strips.
13. (v.i.) ribbon
to form in ribbonlike strips.
Etymology: (1520–30; var. of ME riban(d) < OF, var. of r(e)uban, perh. < Gmc. Cf. band2)
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| Definition of 'ribbon' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ribbon, thread
any long object resembling a thin line
"a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
2. (noun) decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon
an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
3. (noun) ribbon, typewriter ribbon
a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter
4. (noun) ribbon
notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
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1. (noun) ribbon
a long strip of material tied on sth for decoration
a girl with ribbons in her hair; colored ribbons tied around a birthday present
2. ribbon
a strip of material given as an award
yellow ribbons to remember the soldiers at war
3. ribbon
blue/red ribbon
indicates sth wins first/second prize
Her pie won the blue ribbon.
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| Definition of 'ribbon' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ribbon
a fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes
2. (noun) ribbon
a narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons
3. (noun) ribbon
same as Rib-band
4. (noun) ribbon
driving reins
5. (noun) ribbon
a bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide
6. (noun) ribbon
a silver
7. (verb) ribbon
to adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons
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Sense: a long narrow strip of material used in decorating clothes, tying hair etc
a blue ribbon; four metres of red ribbon.
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 Afrikaans: lint |
 Arabic: شَريط |
 Bulgarian: панделка |
 Brazilian: fita |
 Czech: stuha |
 German: das Band |
 Danish: bånd; hårsløjfe |
 Greek: κορδέλα, ταινία |
 Spanish: cinta |
 Estonian: pael |
 Farsi: روبان؛ نوار |
 Finnish: nauha |
 French: ruban |
 Hebrew: סֶרֶט |
 Hindi: फीता |
 Croatian: traka, vrpca |
 Hungarian: szalag |
 Indonesian: pita |
 Icelandic: borði |
 Italian: nastro |
 Japanese: リボン |
 Korean: 리본, 띠 |
 Lithuanian: kaspinas, juosta |
 Latvian: lente |
 Malay: reben |
 Dutch: lint |
 Norwegian: bånd, strimmel |
 Polish: wstążka |
 Persian: روبان؛ نوار |
 Pashto: رشمه ، پټى ، پيته |
 Portuguese: fita |
 Romanian: panglică |
 Russian: тесьма, лента |
 Slovak: stuha |
 Slovenian: trak |
 Serbian: traka |
 Swedish: band |
 Thai: โบ; ริบบิ้น |
 Turkish: kurdele |
 Taiwanese: 緞帶 |
 Ukrainian: стрічка; вузенька смужка |
 Urdu: فیتہ |
 Vietnamese: dải ruy-băng |
 Chinese: 缎（丝）带 |
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