band

Plural: bands

Noun

• an unofficial association of people or groups
• instrumentalists not including string players
• a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
  • "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"
  • "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
• an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
• a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
• a range of frequencies between two limits
• a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
• a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
  • "he noted that she wore a wedding band"
• a driving belt in machinery
• 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
• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
• a restraint put around something to hold it together
• A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
• A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
• A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
• A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
• A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
• A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
• A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
• A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
• A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
• A strip of decoration.
• A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
• A strip of decoration.
• In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
• That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
• A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
• A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
• A bond.
• Pledge; security.
• A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
• Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
• Ellipsis of band cell.
• A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
• A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
• A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
• Ellipsis of marching band.
• A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
• A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
• A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Verb

Verb Forms: banded, banding, bands

• To join together for a common purpose.
• bind or tie together, as with a band
• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
  • "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
• To fasten with a band.
• To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
• To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
• To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
• simple past and past participle of bind
• Obsolete form of bandy.

Examples

• bar band
• musical band
• sandstone with bands of shale
• session band
• studio band
• The letters seemed to band together to form the perfect word.
• touring band
• valence band;  conduction band

Synonyms

banding, circle, dance band, dance orchestra, isthmus, lot, ring, set, stria, striation, stripe

Related Words

Band in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911), Benjamin E[li] Smith, N.Y.: The Century Co., New York, William Dwight Whitney, editors (1911), in, in ., →OCLC

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