band

Nouns

• (n) an unofficial association of people or groups
  • the smart set goes there
  • they were an angry lot
  circle, lot, set,
• (n) instrumentalists not including string players
• (n) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
  • chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
  • the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps
  banding, stria, striation,
• (n) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material stripe, banding,
• (n) a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing dance band, dance orchestra,
• (n) a range of frequencies between two limits
• (n) a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
• (n) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure isthmus,
• (n) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
  • she had rings on every finger
  • he noted that she wore a wedding band
  ring,
• (n) a driving belt in machinery
• (n) 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
• (n) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) ring,
• (n) a restraint put around something to hold it together

Verbs

• (v) bind or tie together, as with a band
• (v) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
  • ring birds
  • band the geese to observe their migratory patterns
  ring,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity