ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən ˈmɛdəl məˈdæljən ˈɹɪbən θɹɛd notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event any long object resembling a thin line a mere ribbon of land the lighted ribbon of traffic from the air the road was a grey thread a thread of smoke climbed upward