stripe
A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
Example
“zebra stripes”
Other meanings
A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
Related words
- bestriped
- bluestripe
- bootstripe
- chalkstripe
- destripe
- goldstripe
- headstripe
- interstripe
- magstripe
- midstripe
- multistripe
- nanostripe
Word history
From Middle Low German "strîpe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “stripe” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.