Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of ribbon

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ribbon
      n 1: 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"
           [syn: {ribbon}, {thread}]
      2: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some
         other event [syn: {decoration}, {laurel wreath}, {medal},
         {medallion}, {palm}, {ribbon}]
      3: a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper
         with a typewriter [syn: {ribbon}, {typewriter ribbon}]
      4: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for
         trimming

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler