- a long narrow line of colour, that is a different colour from the areas next to it
- a zebra’s black and white stripes
- a white tablecloth with red stripes
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionb1- The butterfly is black and white with a blue stripe running down each wing.
- The toad has a distinctive yellow stripe down its back.
- He was wearing a grey shirt with white stripes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- narrow
- …
- run
- with stripes
- stripe across
- stripe down
- …
- a narrow piece of cloth, often in the shape of a V, that is worn on the uniform of a soldier or police officer to show their rank
- a uniform with a sergeant’s stripes on the sleeve
- (especially North American English) a type, category or opinion
- politicians of every stripe
- commentators of all political stripes
- She's an educator of a very different stripe.
- They are not all of one stripe.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ideological
- political
- all
- …
- of… stripe
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps a back-formation from striped, of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German strīpe.
Idioms
See stripe in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryearn your stripes
- (informal) to get a position or reputation you deserve through work or achievements
- If you want to earn your stripes in journalism, you need to start at the bottom.
- With elite football, you really do have to earn your stripes.
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