English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

ribbon

noun

1 ribbon

Any long object resembling a thin line:
— A mere ribbon of land.
— The lighted ribbon of traffic.

synonym: thread.

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; ... show more

Roget 45: vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction etc. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, ... show more

Dutch: garen, onderwerp, rode draad
Polish: pasmo, smuga, warkocz

2 ribbon

An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.

synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm.

Roget 877: title, honor; knighthood etc. (nobility) 875.    highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; ... show more

Dutch: erepenning, distinctief, eremetaal, ereteken, gedenkpenning, insigne, medaille, onderscheiding, plak, versierselen
Polish: blaszka, blacha, odznaka

3 ribbon

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

synonym: typewriter ribbon.

Dutch: lint

4 ribbon

Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming.

Dutch: lint, lintje
Polish: wstążka


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

Find more on ribbon elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0329