band
noun
1. an unofficial association of people or groups
Similar word(s): circle, lot, set
Definition categories: group
2. instrumentalists not including string players
Definition categories: group
3. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
- the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps
Similar word(s): banding, stria, striation
Definition categories: attribute, bar, streak, stripe
4. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
Similar word(s): banding, stripe
Definition categories: man–made, adornment
5. a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
Definition categories: group
6. a range of frequencies between two limits
Definition categories: communication, range
7. a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
Definition categories: man–made, slip, strip
8. a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
Similar word(s): isthmus
Definition categories: body, tissue
9. 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 word(s): ring
Definition categories: man–made, jewellery, jewelry
10. a driving belt in machinery
Definition categories: man–made, belt
11. 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
Definition categories: man–made, slip, strip, loop
12. a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
Similar word(s): ring
Definition categories: man–made, slip, strip
13. a restraint put around something to hold it together
Definition categories: man–made, constraint, restraint
Sentences with band as a noun:
- valence band; conduction band