a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing

the stripes of a zebra.

a fabric or material containing such a band or bands.

a strip of braid, tape, or the like.

stripes,

a number or combination of such strips, worn on a military, naval, or other uniform as a badge of rank, service, good conduct, combat wounds, etc.

Informal . status or recognition as a result of one's efforts, experience, or achievements

She earned her stripes as a traveling sales representative and then moved up to district manager.

a strip, or long, narrow piece of anything

a stripe of beach.

a streak or layer of a different nature within a substance.

style, variety, sort, or kind

a man of quite a different stripe.

Also called magnetic stripe. Movies . a strip of iron oxide layer on the edge of a film that is used for recording and reproducing a magnetic sound track.

to mark or furnish with a stripe or stripes.

noun

band , banding , bar , border , decoration , division , fillet , layer , ribbon , rule , streak , striation , stroke , bandeau , strip , breed , cast , description , feather , ilk , lot , manner , mold , nature , order , sort , species , stamp , type , variety , blow , chevron , design , flog , kind , lash , line , mark , pattern , ridge , stria , strike , wale , wheal , whelk

verb

striate , variegate