ribbon

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any long object resembling a thin line
  2. noun an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
  3. noun a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter

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”).

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Synonyms

thread

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