Meaning

15 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

    Band

    ле́нтаlénta, бантbant, тесьма́tesʹmá

    стрі́чкаstríčka

    notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming

  2. (countable, uncountable)An awareness ribbon.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.

    Farbband

    ле́нтаlénta

    a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter

  4. (countable, uncountable)A narrow strip or shred.

    a steel or magnesium ribbon

    sails torn to ribbons

  5. A narrow strip or shred.

    (countable, uncountable)In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A painted moulding on the side of a ship.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A watchspring.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A bandsaw.

  9. (countable, dated, in the plural, slang, uncountable)Reins for a horse.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A sliver.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A subheadline presented above its parent headline.

Examples

57 sentences
  1. The cat had a ribbon around its neck.

    Кіт мав стрічку навкруг шиї. — anastasishko

    deDie Katze trug ein Halsband. — Tamy

  2. I untied the ribbon.

    Я розв'язав стрічку. — deniko

    ruЯ развязал ленту. — odexed

  3. The ribbon doesn't match the dress.

    ruЛента не подходит к платью. — AntonKhorev

  4. Did you win a ribbon, too?

  5. Could you tie it with a ribbon?

    ruВы могли бы перевязать это лентой? — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
long, narrow strip of material:
Русский
By meaning 1
long, narrow strip of material:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
long, narrow strip of material:
inked ribbon:

Origin

From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French r

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”).

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Forms

plural: ribbons
Singularribbon
Pluralribbons

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

48 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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