RIBBON. DAILY UPDATED VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES

• rib‧bon
• 1

  piece of cloth

   [uncountable and countable] a narrow piece of attractive cloth that you use, for example, to tie your hair or hold things together[↪ bow]:
• little girls with ribbons in their hair
• a bundle of letters tied with pale blue ribbon
• The ribbon was cut and the new station was officially open.
• 2

  military honour

   [countable] a piece of ribbon with a special pattern on it that you wear to show that you have received a military honour
• 3

  prize

   [countable] American English a length of coloured ribbon, sometimes arranged in the form of a flat flower, that is given as a prize in a competition [= rosette British English]
• For the second time she won the blue ribbon (=first prize).
• 4

  something narrow

   [singular] written something that is long and narrow
• ribbon of
• a winding ribbon of water
• 5

   be cut/torn to ribbons

  to be cut or torn in a lot of places:
• Her legs were bruised and her feet were cut to ribbons.
• 6

  ink

   [countable] a long narrow piece of cloth or plastic with ink on it that is used in a typewriter

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.