ribbon

IPA: rˈɪbʌn

noun

  • A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
  • An awareness ribbon.
  • An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
  • A narrow strip or shred.
  • (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
  • (nautical) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
  • A watchspring.
  • A bandsaw.
  • (slang, dated, in the plural) Reins for a horse.
  • (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
  • (spinning) A sliver.
  • (journalism) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
  • (shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband [(shipbuilding) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position and give rigidity to the framework.]

verb

  • (transitive) To decorate with ribbon.
  • (transitive) To stripe or streak.
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