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# ribbon

noun (ribbon, ribbons)

«ribbon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ribbon is a long, narrow strip of cloth used for tying, decorating or wrapping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#m1)
2. A ribbon can be a prize or badge: a blue ribbon for first place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#m2)
3. A ribbon is any long narrow strip: a ribbon of road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#m3)
4. «Cut to ribbons» means cut into many pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths: a length measured in inches, feet or meters; cut into equal pieces or used for bows; ribbon left. In everyday life: wrapping presents, hair ribbons, ribbon-cutting at an opening. In school fairs and shows: first-prize blue ribbons (USA); rosettes (UK). In stories: «a ribbon of river wound through the valley».

### Examples

- She has a ribbon 3 meters long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x1)
- Each bow needs 25 cm of ribbon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x2)
- He cut the ribbon into 6 equal pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x3)
- How much ribbon is left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x4)
- She tied her hair with a red ribbon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x5)
- We wrapped the present and tied it with ribbon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x6)
- His pumpkin won a blue ribbon at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x7)
- The mayor cut the ribbon to open the new library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x8)
- The road was a thin ribbon across the desert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x9)
- It had pink ribbons to tie up its sleeves, so the Queen saw at once it was a girl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/#x10)

### Note

Cutting a ribbon into equal pieces is division; pieces used are subtracted from the length. Trap: change meters to centimeters before mixing them (1 m = 100 cm). Bows needed × length per bow = ribbon used.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ribbon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ribbon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ribbon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ribbon.html) on Mova free.