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band (band)

noun

  1. something that binds, ties together, restrains, etc.
    1. a strip or ring of wood, metal, rubber, etc. fastened around something, as to bind or tie it together
    2. a finger ring a wedding band
  2. a contrasting strip or stripe running across or along the edge of a material, or separating different sorts of material
  3. a narrow strip of cloth used to bind, line, decorate, etc.; binding; banding hatband, neckband
  4. two strips hanging in front from the neck, as part of certain academic, legal, or clerical dress
  5. a belt to drive wheels or pulleys in machinery
  6. any of the separate divisions on a phonograph record containing individual selections
    1. a specific range of wavelengths or frequencies, as in radio broadcasting or sound or light transmission
    2. any of the stripes of color in a spectrum
  7. Archit. a thin layer or molding
  8. Geol. a thin layer of distinctive rock, ore, etc.

Etymology: ME < ON band (akin to OE bend); also (in meaning “thin strip”) < Fr bande, flat strip < OFr bende < ML benda < Goth binda < bindan, bind

transitive verb

  1. to put a band on or around; tie with a band
  2. ☆ to mark with a band for identification to band migratory birds

Etymology: OFr bander < the n.

band2 definition

band (band)

noun

  1. a group of people joined together for a common purpose
  2. a group of musicians playing together, esp. upon wind and percussion instruments a dance band

Etymology: LME bande < MFr < OFr < OProv < Goth bandwa, a sign < ?

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to gather or unite for a common purpose: usually with together

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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