Band

noun
bænd

Noun

  • a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

    chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands

    the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps

    Similar:BandingStriaStriation
    Type of:BarStreakStripe
  • jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

    he noted that she wore a wedding band

    Similar:Ring
    Type of:JewelleryJewelry
  • an unofficial association of people or groups

    Similar:CircleLotSet
  • a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure

    Similar:Isthmus
    Type of:Tissue
  • a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

  • an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

    Similar:BandingStripe
    Type of:Adornment
  • a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

    Similar:Ring
    Type of:StripSlip
  • a driving belt in machinery

    Type of:Belt
  • a range of frequencies between two limits

    Type of:Range
  • a restraint put around something to hold it together

    Type of:ConstraintRestraint
  • a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)

    Type of:StripSlip
  • 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

    Type of:LoopStripSlip
  • instrumentalists not including string players

Verb

  • attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

    band the geese to observe their migratory patterns

    Similar:Ring
    Type of:Attach
  • bind or tie together, as with a band

    Type of:TieBind

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