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Definition of Band
1. Verb. Bind or tie together, as with a band.
2. Noun. An unofficial association of people or groups. "They were an angry lot"
Generic synonyms: Social Group
Specialized synonyms: Car Pool, Camp, Clique, Coterie, Ingroup, Inner Circle, Pack, Cohort, Confederacy, Conspiracy, Four Hundred, Horsey Set, Horsy Set, Jet Set, Company, Party
3. Verb. Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify. "Band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
4. Noun. Instrumentalists not including string players.
Generic synonyms: Musical Group, Musical Organisation, Musical Organization
Specialized synonyms: Marching Band, Brass Band, Concert Band, Military Band
5. Noun. A stripe or stripes of contrasting color. "The black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
Specialized synonyms: Collar, Stretch Mark
Generic synonyms: Bar, Streak, Stripe
Derivative terms: Striate, Striate
6. Noun. An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material.
Generic synonyms: Adornment
Specialized synonyms: Cigar Band, Hatband, Neckband, Pinstripe
Group relationships: Garment
Derivative terms: Stripe, Stripy
7. Noun. A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing.
Generic synonyms: Musical Group, Musical Organisation, Musical Organization
Specialized synonyms: Big Band, Combo, Jazz Band, Jazz Group, Rock Band, Rock Group, Steel Band
8. Noun. A range of frequencies between two limits.
9. Noun. A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body).
Generic synonyms: Slip, Strip
10. Noun. A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
11. Noun. Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger. "He noted that she wore a wedding band"
Specialized synonyms: Annulet, Engagement Ring, Mourning Ring, Ringlet, Seal Ring, Signet Ring, Wedding Band, Wedding Ring
Generic synonyms: Jewellery, Jewelry
Derivative terms: Ring
12. Noun. A driving belt in machinery.
13. Noun. 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.
14. Noun. A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration).
15. Noun. A restraint put around something to hold it together.
Definition of Band
1. n. A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
2. v. t. To bind or tie with a band.
3. v. i. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
4. v. t. To bandy; to drive away.
Definition of Band
1. Noun. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. ¹
2. Noun. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached. ¹
3. Noun. A group of musicians, especially (a) wind and percussion players, or (b) rock musicians. ¹
4. Noun. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band. ¹
5. Noun. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (qualifier a band of thieves). ¹
6. Noun. (physics) A part of radio spectrum. ¹
7. Noun. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material. ''Valence band'', ''conduction band''. ¹
8. Noun. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society. ¹
9. Noun. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose. ¹
11. Verb. To fasten together with a band. ¹
12. Verb. (ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around (a bird's) leg. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Band
1. to decorate with flexible strips of material [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Band
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