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| badge |
a pin, patch, or ribbon people wear to show that they belong to a group, have a particular job, or have done something special. |
| bandeau |
a ribbon or headband worn to keep the hair in place or away from the face. [1/2 definitions] |
| beading |
lacelike looped edging, or openwork lace trimming through which a ribbon can be run, as on a garment or cloth furnishings. [1/4 definitions] |
| bodkin |
a blunt, large-eyed needle used to draw ribbon, cord, and the like through hems and casings. [1/3 definitions] |
| bookmark |
a strip of leather, ribbon, or paper placed between pages to mark a place in a book. |
| braid |
to decorate or edge with ribbon or braid. [1/5 definitions] |
| cockade |
a rosette or knot of ribbon worn esp. on a hat as a badge of rank, office, or the like. |
| decoration |
a medal, badge, or ribbon given as a sign of honor. [1/3 definitions] |
| fob1 |
a short chain, strap, or ribbon usu. connected to a pocket watch, or a small ornament or medallion attached to the chain, strap, or ribbon. [1/2 definitions] |
| frontlet |
an ornamental band, ribbon, or the like worn on the forehead; phylactery; frontal. [1/2 definitions] |
| grosgrain |
a ribbon or other thing made from this material. [1/2 definitions] |
| loop |
the rounded shape made when a piece of string, ribbon, or rope is crossed back over itself or tied so that it forms a circle. [1/5 definitions] |
| magnetic tape |
a thin plastic ribbon with a magnetic coating, used to record sound and images. Magnetic tape is found in audio cassettes and videocassettes. |
| Milky Way |
the galaxy that contains the earth, the sun, and the solar system, and that is visible in the night sky as a long ribbon of cloudlike clusters of stars from one horizon to the other. |
| oak-leaf cluster |
a small bronze or silver cluster of oak leaves and acorns worn on the ribbon of a medal to signify multiple awardings of the same medal. |
| peruke |
a wig such as those worn by men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, often powdered, arranged in large rolls over the ears, and tied at the nape in a ribbon; periwig. |
| ribbon |
a long, narrow strip that looks like a ribbon, such as a measuring tape. [2/3 definitions] |
| rickrack |
a flat strip of zigzag braid or ribbon used as trimming on clothing, cloth furnishings, and the like. |
| rosette |
any of various objects that resemble a rose by being circular and segmented, such as a badge made of gathered ribbon, an architectural ornament, or one of a leopard's spots. |
| streamer |
a long, freely moving length of fabric, esp. ribbon. [1/3 definitions] |
| sword knot |
a loop or strap made of ribbon, leather, or the like, attached as decoration to the hilt of a sword and worn around the wrist. |
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