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 Definitions for ribbon: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably
of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring
circle, and band.] [Written also riband, ribband.]
1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used
for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges,
and other decorative purposes.
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2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon;
sails torn to ribbons.
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3. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Rib-band}.
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4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athenaeum.
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5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth
as wide.
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6. (Spinning) A silver.
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Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often
used to designate the British orders of the Garter and
of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are
suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue
ribbon}, under Blue.
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Ribbon fish. (Zool.)
(a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish
of the family Trachypteridae, especially the species
of the genus Trachypterus, and the oarfish
(Regelecus Banksii) of the North Atlantic, which is
sometimes over twenty feet long.
(b) The hairtail, or bladefish.
(c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus Cepola,
having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European
species (Cepola rubescens) is light red throughout.
Called also band fish.
Ribbon grass (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having
the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also
{Lady's garters}. See Reed grass, under Reed.
Ribbon seal (Zool.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca
fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously
banded and striped with yellowish white.
Ribbon snake (Zool.), a common North American snake
(Eutainia saurita). It is conspicuously striped with
bright yellow and dark brown.
Ribbon Society, a society in Ireland, founded in the early
part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.
It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers
banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took
its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.)
(a) A tapeworm.
(b) A nemertean.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Ribbon \Rib"bon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ribboned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Ribboning.]
To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes
resembling ribbons.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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ribbon
n 1: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of
land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air
the road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed
upward" [syn: thread]
2: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some
other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal,
medallion, palm]
3: a long strip of inked material for making characters on
paper with a typewriter [syn: typewriter ribbon]
4: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used
for trimming
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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151 Moby Thesaurus words for "ribbon":
Mystik tape, Scotch tape, X ray, actinic ray, actinism,
adhesive tape, arch, atomic beam, atomic ray, band, bandage,
bandeau, barrow, batten, bead, beam, beam of light, bejewel, belt,
beribbon, bespangle, blue ribbon, boundary stone, brass, bust,
cairn, cellophane tape, cenotaph, cloth tape, column, cordon,
cordon bleu, cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, decoration,
decoration of honor, diamond, dolmen, engrave, fascia, feather,
figure, filigree, fillet, flag, flounce, flower, footstone,
friction tape, gamma ray, garland, garter, gem, girdle, gleam,
gold star, grand cordon, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone,
illuminate, infrared ray, inscription, invisible radiation, jewel,
lath, leam, ligula, ligule, list, marker, masking tape, mausoleum,
megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column,
memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, monolith, monument, mound,
necrology, obelisk, obituary, order, ornament, paint, patch,
pencil, photon, pillar, plank, plaque, plastic tape, plume, prize,
pyramid, radiation, radiorays, ray, ray of light, red ribbon,
reliquary, remembrance, riband, ribband, ribbon of light,
rostral column, shaft, shred, shrine, slat, slip, solar rays,
spangle, spill, spline, star, stela, stone, strake, strap, streak,
stream, stream of light, streamer, strip, stripe, strop, stupa,
tablet, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, testimonial,
ticker tape, tinsel, tomb, tombstone, tope, trophy,
ultraviolet ray, violet ray, wreathe
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