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Definition ribbon

Etymology

From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (“necklace”, literally “ring-band”).

Noun

ribbon (countable and uncountable, plural ribbons)

1. A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
2. An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
3. A narrow strip or shred.
   1. (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
4. (shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband
5. (slang, dated, in the plural) reins for a horse.
6. (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
7. (spinning) A sliver.
8. (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.

Verb

ribbon (third-person singular simple present ribbons, present participle ribboning, simple past and past participle ribboned)

1. (transitive) To decorate with ribbon.
2. (transitive) To stripe or streak.

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