Bowtie vs. Ribbon

Bowtie and Ribbon Definitions
Bowtie
A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
Ribbon
A narrow strip or band of fabric, especially a fine fabric such as satin or velvet, finished at the edges and used for trimming, tying, or finishing.
Bowtie
(US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).
Ribbon
Something, such as a tape measure, that resembles a ribbon.
Bowtie
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.
Ribbon
A long thin strip
A ribbon of sand along the shore.
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Ribbon
Ribbons Tattered or ragged strips
A dress torn to ribbons.
Ribbon
An inked strip of cloth used for making an impression, as in a typewriter.
Ribbon
A band of colored cloth signifying membership in an order or the award of a prize.
Ribbon
A strip of colored cloth worn on the left breast of a uniform to indicate the award of a medal or decoration.
Ribbon
Ribbons(Informal) Reins for driving horses.
Ribbon
See ledger board.
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Ribbon
To decorate or tie with ribbons.
Ribbon
To tear into ribbons or shreds.
Ribbon
A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
Ribbon
An awareness ribbon.
Ribbon
An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
Ribbon
A narrow strip or shred.
A steel or magnesium ribbon
Sails torn to ribbons
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Ribbon
(cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
Ribbon
(shipbuilding) ribband
Ribbon
(nautical) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
Ribbon
A watchspring.
Ribbon
A bandsaw.
Ribbon
Reins for a horse.
Ribbon
(heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
Ribbon
(spinning) A sliver.
Ribbon
(journalism) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
Ribbon
A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
Ribbon
(transitive) To decorate with ribbon.
Ribbon
(transitive) To stripe or streak.
Ribbon
A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
Ribbon
A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
Ribbon
Same as Rib-band.
Ribbon
Driving reins.
Ribbon
A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
Ribbon
A silver.
Ribbon
To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
Ribbon
Any long object resembling a thin line;
A mere ribbon of land
The lighted ribbon of traffic
From the air the road was a gray thread
A thread of smoke climbed upward
Ribbon
An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
Ribbon
A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter
Ribbon
Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming