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   band

   /band/

   noun

   • 1. a flat, thin strip or loop of material put around something, typically to hold it together or to decorate it: "wads of banknotes fastened with gummed paper bands" Similar beltsashgirdlestraptaperinghooploopcircletcirclecordtiestringthongribbonfilletstripliterary:cincture
   • ▪ a plain ring for the finger, especially a gold wedding ring: "a narrow band of gold was her only jewelry"
   • ▪ a ring of metal placed around a bird's leg to identify it: North American "look for a leg band on the osprey"
   • ▪ a belt connecting wheels or pulleys.
   • ▪ a collar with two hanging strips, worn by certain clerics and academics as part of their formal dress: "I'm wearing clerical bands, which are a sign of my office"
   • 2. a stripe or elongated area of a different color, texture, or composition than its surroundings: "a long, narrow band of cloud" Similar stripestripstreaklinebarbeltswatheveinthreadflashtechnical:striastriationlane
   • ▪ a range of frequencies or wavelengths in a spectrum (especially of radio frequencies): "channels in the UHF band"
   • 3. a thing that restrains, binds, or unites: archaic "must I fall, and die in bands?"

   verb

   • 1. surround (an object) with something in the form of a strip or ring, typically for reinforcement or decoration: "doors are banded with iron to make them stronger"
   • ▪ put a band on (a bird) for identification: North American "the map shows where starlings banded in Holland were later recovered"
   • 2. mark (something) with a stripe or stripes of a different color: "the bird's bill is banded across the middle with black"

   Word Origin late Old English (in band1 (sense 4 of the noun)), from Old Norse, reinforced in late Middle English by Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to bind.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   Band definition: a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop. See examples of BAND used in a sentence.

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