ribbon
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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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ribbon (countable and uncountable, plural ribbons)
- A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
- 1648, Robert Herrick, “Delight in Disorder”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 29:
- A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: / […] / A Cuffe neglectfull, and thereby / Ribbands to flovv confuſedly: / […] / Do more bevvitch me, than vvhen Art / Is too preciſe in every part.
- An awareness ribbon.
- 2018 October 1, Olivia B. Waxman, “Wearing a Pink Ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness? Here's How Awareness Ribbons Became a Thing”, in Time:
- With Monday marking the beginning of October’s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month observance, supporters will be donning their pink ribbons as a show of support for ongoing research for a cure.
- An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
- 2018, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence:
- They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon.
- A narrow strip or shred.
- a steel or magnesium ribbon
- sails torn to ribbons
- (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
- (shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband
- (nautical) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
- A watchspring.
- A bandsaw.
- (slang, dated, in the plural) Reins for a horse.
- 1887, James Inglis, Our New Zealand Cousins:
- "Here, sir, hold the ribbons." This to me, throwing me the reins. Jack got down from his perch, and after a little search in the bush was rewarded by the capture of the poor dazed pigeon, who was consigned to safe custody in the boot.
- (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
- (spinning) A sliver.
- (journalism) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
Alternative forms
- ribband (obsolete)
Derived terms
- AIDS ribbon
- awareness ribbon
- beribbon
- blue ribbon
- blue ribbon jury
- cut to ribbons
- frosted ribbon loaf
- frosted ribbon sandwich
- lip-ribbon
- magnesium ribbon
- microribbon
- nanoribbon
- Portland ribbon wave
- red ribbon
- ribbon brake
- ribbon cable
- ribbon candy
- ribbon cane
- ribbon cutting
- ribbon farm
- ribbonfish
- ribbongrass
- ribbon gum
- Ribbonism
- ribbonite
- ribbonize
- ribbonlength
- ribbonless
- ribbonlike
- ribbon loaf
- ribbonmaker
- Ribbonman
- ribbon map
- ribbon microphone
- ribbon representation
- ribbonry
- ribbon seal
- ribbon snake
- ribbon speaker
- ribbon spread
- ribbon stamp
- ribbon-tailed astrapia
- ribbonweed
- ribbon wire
- ribbonwood
- ribbon worm
- ribbony
- streamribbon
- tear to ribbons
- yellow ribbon
Descendants
Translations
long, narrow strip of material
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inked ribbon
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toolbar
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See also
Verb
ribbon (third-person singular simple present ribbons, present participle ribboning, simple past and past participle ribboned)
- (transitive) To decorate with ribbon.
- Synonym: beribbon
- (transitive) To stripe or streak.
Anagrams
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