ribbon

ribbon is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
2. noun. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
3. noun. Same as Rib-band.
4. noun. Driving reins.
5. noun. A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
6. noun. A silver.
7. transitive verb. To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
8. noun. notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
9. noun. a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter
10. noun. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

    Synonyms: decoration, medal, medallion, palm

11. noun. any long object resembling a thin line

    "a mere ribbon of land"

    "the lighted ribbon of traffic"

    Synonyms: thread

Synonyms

decoration, medal, medallion, palm, thread

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ribbon:

robbin

Common word forms

ribbons, ribboned, ribboner, ribboning

Words from these letters

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