Bowtie vs. Ribbon

Bowtie vs. Ribbon — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bowtie and Ribbon

Bowtienoun

A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.

Ribbonnoun

A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

Bowtienoun

(US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).

Ribbonnoun

An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.

Bowtieadjective

Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.

The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.

Ribbonnoun

A narrow strip or shred.

a steel or magnesium ribbonsails torn to ribbons
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Ribbonnoun

(cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.

Ribbonnoun

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Ribbonnoun

reins for a horse.

Ribbonnoun

(heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

Ribbonnoun

(spinning) A sliver.

Ribbonnoun

A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.

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Ribbonverb

(transitive) To decorate with ribbon.

Ribbonverb

(transitive) To stripe or streak.

Ribbonnoun

any long object resembling a thin line;

a mere ribbon of landthe lighted ribbon of trafficfrom the air the road was a gray threada thread of smoke climbed upward

Ribbonnoun

an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

Ribbonnoun

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

Ribbonnoun

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