Definition of "ribbons" []

• Plural form of ribbon. (noun)

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• "But she shrugged her shoulders and peered I through the dim light at the Indian girl, who had lighted the fire and was frying great chunks of moose meat, alternated with thin ribbons of bacon."
• "A dog, taken off its guard, its shoulder slashed open or its ear ripped in ribbons before it knew what was happening, was a dog half whipped."
• "Because the material did not conduct heat well, only thin ribbons of metallic glass could be created because of the uniformity and speed of cooling that was required."