stripenoun [ C ]
uk/straɪp/us/straɪp/stripe noun [ C ] (COLOUREDSTRIP)
B1 a strip on the surface of something that is a different colour from the surrounding surface:
The zebra is a wild African horse with black and white stripes.
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- There are a couple of fish with blue markings, and a few more with gold stripes down the side.
- She was wearing a dress which had vertical stripes on it.
- The book has a diagonal black stripe on the cover.
- I wear a lot of stripes.
- I chose the fabric with stripes.
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- grain
- marbled
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- silhouette
- spotted
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
- tartan
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stripe noun [ C ] (ON UNIFORM)
US also bar a strip of material that is sewn onto the arm of a military uniform to show the rank of the person wearing it:
By the age of 25 he'd already earned his third stripe and become a sergeant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bands, straps and strips
- band
- bar
- belt
- binding
- blindfold
- collar
- dog collar
- duct tape
- masking tape
- raffia
- ribbon
- rubber band
- Scotch tape
- strip
- swathe
- sweatband
- tape
- thong
- webbing
- wristband
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Idiom(s)
of every stripe/of all stripes