/strɪp/
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Translation
A long, narrow piece of paper, cloth, land, or other material.
Word origin
Probably from or related to Middle Low German strippe, meaning a strap.
- Origin
- Middle Low German
- Root
- strippe
- English cognates
- stripe
Examples
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A strip is much longer than it is wide.
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Land can come in strips too.
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"Strip" as a verb means to pull or take a covering off.
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