ribbon
A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
Other meanings
An awareness ribbon.
An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
Synonyms
- thread
Related words
- Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds
- ribbonback
- ribboner
- ribbonization
- ribbontail
- AIDS ribbon
- awareness ribbon
- ribbon grass
- beribbon
- green ribbon
- blue ribbon
- cut to ribbons
Word history
From Old French "riban".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ribbon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.