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[ noun ] any long object resembling a thin line

Synonyms

thread

Examples

"a mere ribbon of land" "the lighted ribbon of traffic" "from the air the road was a gray thread" "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

There was no real sign of the river now , just a roiling , oily ribbon of liquid movement through muddy waters that reached everywhere .

Clumps of brush rode down the ribbon .

Related terms

object blade weave

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

Related terms

strip typewriter

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[ noun ] notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming

Related terms

notion riband

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