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ribbon cutting

ribbon cutting noun: a ceremonial or formal opening of a building or street performed by cutting a ribbon stretched across the entrance.

Noun

ribbon cutting (plural ribbon cuttings)

  1. A ceremonial or formal opening of a building or street performed by cutting a ribbon stretched across the entrance.
    • Near-
    • Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris performs the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new station entrance.2021 September 22, “Network News: All-change at carbon-positive Denmark Hill station”, in RAIL, number 940, page 26 (photo caption)
    Antonyms:
    cord-cutting

Antonyms of ribbon cutting

Forms of ribbon cutting

pluralribbon cuttings

Questions about ribbon cutting

What does ribbon cutting mean?
Ribbon cutting means a ceremonial or formal opening of a building or street performed by cutting a ribbon stretched across the entrance.
What part of speech is ribbon cutting?
Ribbon cutting is a noun.
What is the plural of ribbon cutting?
The plural of ribbon cutting is ribbon cuttings.

Words near ribbon cutting in the dictionary

  1. ribbon cables
  2. ribbon candies
  3. ribbon candy
  4. ribbon cane
  5. ribbon canes
  6. ribbon cutting
  7. ribbon cuttings
  8. ribbon farm
  9. ribbon farms
  10. ribbon fern
  11. ribbon grass

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