ribbon

Noun

• notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming

• a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• any long object resembling a thin line
  • a mere ribbon of land
    
  • the lighted ribbon of traffic
    
  • from the air the road was a grey thread
    
  • a thread of smoke climbed upward
    

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• Synonyms: 
  typewriter ribbon , decoration , laurel wreath , medal , medallion , palm , thread