ribbonlike

1 4.1

Long and thin with a flat shape like a strip of cloth

adjective
/ˈrɪbənˌlaɪk/

: en forma de cinta

She wore a ribbonlike scarf that gracefully draped over her shoulders.

Examples

The pasta was cut into ribbonlike strips perfect for holding sauce.
A ribbonlike stream wound its way through the meadow.
The snake's ribbonlike body allowed it to slip easily between the rocks.
The ribbonlike stream flowed gently through the valley.
She wore a ribbonlike scarf around her neck.
The stream flowed gently, leaving behind a ribbonlike trail of shimmering water along the rocks.
The artist created a beautiful sculpture that featured ribbonlike shapes twisting elegantly together.

Synonyms

ribbony

vsribbonlike

1 7.0

Long and narrow like a thin strip of cloth

stresses resemblance to a decorative strip rather than just slimness

ribbon-shaped

vsribbonlike

1 4.1

Long, narrow and flat like a thin strip

is more general, focusing on long thin resemblance rather than surface detail

Antonyms

thick

625 1.0

Having a large distance between two sides and often very dense

broad

106 1.0

Wide from one side to the other

How Thin

thin

422 1.0

ribbonlike

1 4.1

narrow

279 1.0

Surface Forms

ribbonlike positive

Morphology

ribbonlike = ribbon (transparent) = ribbon + like

Formed by the productive suffix '-like' attached to the familiar noun 'ribbon', meaning 'resembling a ribbon'.

Etymology

Ribbonlike comes from ribbon plus the ending -like. A ribbon is a thin strip you tie on a present, so something ribbonlike is 'like a ribbon', meaning long and thin in shape.