Definitions for ribbon

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ribbon rib·bon

Spelling: [rib-uh n]

IPA: /ˈrɪb ən/

Ribbon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in ribbon (bbinor).

Definitions for ribbon

noun

1. 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.
2. material in such strips.
3. anything resembling or suggesting a ribbon or woven band.
4. 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.
5. a strip of material, as satin or rayon, being or representing a medal or similar decoration, especially a military one:
6. ribbons. torn or ragged strips; shreds: reins for driving.
7. a long, thin flexible band of metal, as for a spring, a band saw, or a tapeline.
8. Also, riband, ribband, Also called ledger, ledger board, ribbon strip. Carpentry. a thin horizontal piece let into studding to support the ends of joists.
9. Architecture. came2 .
10. Also, riband, ribband. Nautical. a distinctive narrow band or stripe painted along the exterior of a hull.
11. Shipbuilding. ribband1 (def 1).

verb (used with object)

1. to adorn with ribbon.
2. to mark with something suggesting ribbon.
3. to separate into ribbonlike strips.

verb (used without object)

1. to form in ribbonlike strips.

Origin of ribbon

1520-30; variant of Middle English riban(d) Old French, variant of r (e)uban, perhaps Germanic. See band²

Examples for ribbon

And with a fine dose of ribbon embroidery and a bit of sparkle, grunge was dressed up enough for a grownup.

He had obtained the ribbon of the Legion of Honour for his father.

The red AIDS ribbon subsequently became a unifying symbol for engagement and solidarity.

History is a ribbon, always unfurling; history is a journey.

William and Harry were today cutting the ribbon on a new recovery centre for the charity Help for Heroes in Wiltshire.

At various times, we had spoken about honors--Hitchcock had been awarded the Légion d'Honneur and wore a ribbon in his lapel.

It was a white lamb, decorated from ears to tail with knots of ribbon and with flowers.

She had a ribbon in her long, glossy hair, and her face shone pleasantly with soap.

He rolled the ribbon up tightly, and then tossed it lightly toward her face.

The ribbon whooshes up and along walls before settling down, here and there, into something you can sit on.