ribbon

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  1. noun A narrow strip or band of fine fabric, such as satin or velvet, finished at the edges and used for trimming, tying, or finishing.
  2. noun Something, such as a tape measure, that resembles a ribbon.
  3. noun A long thin strip: a ribbon of land along the shore.
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  • Beneath the ribbon was an old snapshot, curled at the edges. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 02 - August 1994
  • Attached to his lapel by a ribbon was a magnifying glass in the shape of a monocle A logogriphical tramontanosity," he remarked Chet's eyebrows lifted So you're Johnny," he said. —  099 - The Pink Lady
  • Around her neck she wore a pink ribbon, and hanging from that ribbon was a battered metal key, red with rust along one edge. —  JEFF GRUBB
  • But with 1,500-plus commands to navigate, Microsoft clearly needed a better way, and the ribbon was a tremendous improvement. —  Infoworld News
  • The controversial button tabs that deluged the early design have been removed, and the new functionality feature called the ribbon has been cleaned up and made nicer to look at. —  TechSpot
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  1. Middle English ribban, riban, from Old French ruban, probably of Germanic origin; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also ribon, riban, also riband, ribband (apparently simulating band, and still used archaically); from Middle English riban, riband, from Old French riban, ruben, rubant, French ruban, dial. rebant, riban (Middle Latin rubanus), a ribbon; perhaps of Celtic origin: cf. Irish ribin, a ribbon, ribean, a ribbon, fillet, = Welsh rhibin, a streak; Irish ribe, a flake, hair, ribbon, = Gaelic rib, ribe, a hair, rag, clout, = Welsh rhib, a streak. The Breton ruban is prob. from F.
  2. Formerly (and still archaically) also riband, ribband; early modern English also reband; from Middle English ribanen, rybanen, from riban, a ribbon: see ribbon, n.
 

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