- 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.
- material in such strips.
- anything resembling or suggesting a ribbon or woven band.
- 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.
- a strip of material, as satin or rayon, being or representing a medal or similar decoration, especially a military one: an overseas ribbon.
- ribbons,
- torn or ragged strips; shreds: clothes torn to ribbons.
- reins for driving.
- a long, thin flexible band of metal, as for a spring, a band saw, or a tapeline.
- a thin horizontal piece attached to studding to support the ends of joists.
- came2.
- a distinctive narrow band or stripe painted along the exterior of a hull.
- ribband1 (def. 1).
- to adorn with ribbon.
- to mark with something suggesting ribbon.
- to separate into ribbonlike strips.
- to form in ribbonlike strips.
- a narrow strip of fine material, esp silk, used for trimming, tying, etc
- something resembling a ribbon; a long strip
- a long thin flexible band of metal used as a graduated measure, spring, etc
- a long narrow strip of ink-impregnated cloth for making the impression of type characters on paper in a typewriter or similar device
- ragged strips or shreds (esp in the phrase torn to ribbons)
- a small strip of coloured cloth signifying membership of an order or award of military decoration, prize, or other distinction
- a small, usually looped, strip of coloured cloth worn to signify support for a charity or cause
- to adorn with a ribbon or ribbons
- to mark with narrow ribbon-like marks
- to reduce to ribbons; tear into strips
