[rib-band, rib-uh
nd, -uhn] 
[rib-uhn] | 1. | a woven strip or band of fine material, as silk or rayon, varying in width and finished off at the edges, used for ornament, tying, etc. |
| 2. | material in such strips. |
| 3. | anything resembling or suggesting a ribbon or woven band. |
| 4. | a band of inked material used in a typewriter, adding machine, etc., that supplies ink for printing the figure on the striking typeface onto the paper beneath. |
| 5. | a strip of material, as satin or rayon, being or representing a medal or similar decoration, esp. a military one: an overseas ribbon. |
| 6. | ribbons,
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| 7. | a long, thin flexible band of metal, as for a spring, a band saw, or a tapeline. |
| 8. | Also, ribband. Also called ledger, ledger board, ribbon strip. Carpentry. a thin horizontal piece let into studding to support the ends of joists. |
| 9. | Architecture. came 2 . |
| 10. | Also, ribband. Nautical. a distinctive narrow band or stripe painted along the exterior of a hull. |
| 11. | Shipbuilding. ribband 1 (def. 1). |
| 12. | to adorn with ribbon. |
| 13. | to mark with something suggesting ribbon. |
| 14. | to separate into ribbonlike strips. |
| 15. | to form in ribbonlike strips. |
| rib·band (rĭb'ānd, -ənd, -ən) n. A length of flexible wood or metal used to hold the ribs of a ship in place while the exterior planking or plating is being applied. [rib + band1.] |