ribband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: riband |
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ribbing | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: tantalization, tease, teasing |
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(noun) a framework of ribs | - |
ribbon | (noun) notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming | - |
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(noun) a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter | Synonyms: typewriter ribbon |
(noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | Synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm |
(noun) any long object resembling a thin line | Synonyms: thread |
ribbonfish | (noun) marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body | - |
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(noun) thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin | Synonyms: king of the herring, oarfish, Regalecus glesne |
ribbonwood | (noun) small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage | Synonyms: Hoheria populnea, houhere, lacebark |
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(noun) deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton | Synonyms: Plagianthus betulinus, Plagianthus regius, ribbon tree |