inkribbon
nounUK /ˈɪŋkˌrɪbən/
US /ˈɪŋkˌrɪbən/
A long strip of cloth or plastic covered with ink that a machine uses to print words.
The old typewriter needed a new inkribbon before it could print letters.
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2. A decorative ribbon made of or soaked in ink, used in crafts.
She tied an inkribbon around the handmade card.
3. A continuous band of inked material inside a dot-matrix printer.
The dot-matrix printer's inkribbon was worn out after months of use.
4. A ribbon used to mark or seal documents with ink.
The clerk pressed the inkribbon onto the official paper.