[n] notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
[n] a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter
[n] an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
[n] 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"