notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter
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"
highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions"
relating to or concerned with strategy; "strategic weapon"; "the islands are of strategic importance"; "strategic considerations"