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  • adjective shaped in the form of a ribbon

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Examples

  • The resulting ribbon-shaped fiber bundles are still relatively coarse and thick, which is fine for some uses.

    Just the flax, ma'am ewillett 2008

  • And a beautifully rounded, ribbon-shaped display of Epson and Hewlett-Packard products.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • And a beautifully rounded, ribbon-shaped display of Epson and Hewlett-Packard products.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • As the blog post makes clear, making them by hand takes a fair amount of skill and practice compared to, say, Italian ribbon-shaped pastas, which are much more amenable to beginner cooks.

    Touched By Their Noodly Deliciousness 2007

  • In the field of polarized light were several multicolored fibers, flat and ribbon-shaped with twists at irregular intervals.

    POSTMORTEM Patricia Cornwell 1990

  • In the field of polarized light were several multicolored fibers, flat and ribbon-shaped with twists at irregular intervals.

    POSTMORTEM Patricia Cornwell 1990

  • In the field of polarized light were several multicolored fibers, flat and ribbon-shaped with twists at irregular intervals.

    POSTMORTEM Patricia Cornwell 1990

  • In the field of polarized light were several multicolored fibers, flat and ribbon-shaped with twists at irregular intervals.

    POSTMORTEM Patricia Cornwell 1990

  • He saw an endless plain where things half trees and half animals-except that they were neither, in any Terrestrial sense'lashed snaky fronds after ribbon-shaped flyers a hundred meters in length.

    Agent Of The Terran Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1965

  • -- Tapeworms are formed by a chain of segments, joined together at their ends, and are flat or ribbon-shaped (Fig. 71).

    Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

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