ribbon-shaped
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Long, narrow and flat like a thin strip
- adjective
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en forma de cinta
- The ribbon-shaped plant leaves swayed gently in the breeze.
Examples
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We used ribbon-shaped strips of fabric to decorate the room.
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In the field of polarized light were several multicolored fibers, flat and ribbon-shaped with twists at irregular intervals.
Fiction book (1990) -
The artist painted a ribbon-shaped pathway leading to the garden.
Synonyms
ribbony
vsribbon-shaped
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7.0
Long and narrow like a thin strip of cloth
is the specific term that stresses the shape as a narrow flat strip
ribbonlike
vsribbon-shaped
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4.1
Long and thin with a flat shape like a strip of cloth
is defined as that long narrow flat form rather than just similar
belt-shaped
vsribbon-shaped
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5.0
Long and narrow like a strap that goes around things
is narrower in sense, focusing on a flat thin strip rather than a band
How Narrow
Surface Forms
ribbon-shaped positive
Morphology
Etymology
Ribbon-shaped comes from ribbon, a long, thin strip like the one you tie on a present, and shaped, which means 'made to look like'. So something ribbon-shaped is 'long and narrow', like a flat strip of cloth or paper.