band
Other forms: bands; banded; banding
A band is a narrow strip of fabric or some other material, like the head band a little girl wears in her hair. When a patient is admitted to a hospital, she gets a plastic wrist band with her name on it.
There are many different kinds of bands, from rubber bands to wedding bands — what they have in common is being thin and flat, and forming a kind of loop or circle. Other ways to use the word band include to mean musicians who play together or another group with something in common, like a band of thieves. When you band together with others, you join them in a clump or support a common cause.
Definitions of band
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an unofficial association of people or groupstypes:car pool, carpoola small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengerscamp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, packan exclusive circle of people with a common purposecohorta band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)confederacy, conspiracya group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purposeFour Hundredthe exclusive social set of a cityhorsey set, horsy seta set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racingjet seta set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasureBloomsbury Groupan inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestylesbohemiaa group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life styleloopan inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)fatigue partya group of soldiers on fatigue dutylanding partya part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashorerescue partya party of rescuerssearch partya party of people to search for someonestretcher partya party of people with stretchers to carry an injured personwar partya band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans)hard corethe most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movementtype of:social grouppeople sharing some social relation
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a group of musicians playing popular music for dancingsynonyms: dance band, dance orchestratypes:big banda large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musicianssteel banda band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands)type of:musical group, musical organisation, musical organizationan organization of musicians who perform together
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instrumentalists not including string playerstypes:marching banda band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same timebrass banda group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instrumentsconcert band, military banda group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instrumentstype of:musical group, musical organisation, musical organizationan organization of musicians who perform together
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a stripe or stripes of contrasting color“chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands”“the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps”types:collar(zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animalstretch marka narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)
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an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or materialtypes:cigar banda narrow paper band around a cigarhatbanda band around the crown of a hat just above the brimneckbanda band around the collar of a garmentpinstripea very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric)type of:adornmenta decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
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a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)types:armbanda band worn around the upper armbackbanda broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehiclebellybanda cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)collara band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify itgarter, supportera band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)cincture, girdle, sash, waistband, waistclotha band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousersheadbanda band worn around or over the headhoop, ringa rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pullingelastic, elastic band, rubber banda narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) togethersweatbanda band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hatsweatbanda band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweatbracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristbanda band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wristwristbandband consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wristcarabiner, karabiner, snap ringan oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropesRoman collar, clerical collar, dog collara stiff white collar with no opening in the front; a distinctive symbol of the clergycollara short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine partcummerbunda broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedocurtain ringa circular ring for holding up a curtaindog collara collar for a dogEton collarbroad white collar worn over the lapels of a jacketkey ringa circular ring of metal for holding keysnapkin ringa circular band used to hold a particular person's napkinnose ringa ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control itPeter Pan collara flat collar with rounded ends that meet in frontrimthe outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attachedrim(basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspendedtowel ringa circular hoop for holding a towel
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jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger“he noted that she wore a wedding band”synonyms: ringtypes:annuleta small ringengagement ringa ring given and worn as a sign of betrothalmourning ringa ring worn as a memorial to a dead personringleta small ringwedding band, wedding ringa ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding
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a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
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a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
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a restraint put around something to hold it togethertypes:brake banda band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotationcolleta band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry settingligaturea metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophonewitheband or rope made of twisted twigs or stemstype of:
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a driving belt in machinerytype of:beltendless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
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bind or tie together, as with a band
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attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
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a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
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a range of frequencies between two limitstypes:frequency band, wavebanda band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals)type of:rangea variety of different things or activities
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