band

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of musicians who play together.

   Her favourite band is playing in town next week.

2. 2
   noun

   A thin flat strip of material worn around something or used to hold things together.

   She tied her hair back with an elastic band.

3. 3
   noun

   A stripe or strip of colour or material that stands out from what is around it.

   The rock had a band of darker stone running through it.

4. 4
   verb

   To tie or bind things together with a band.

   They banded the boxes together before shipping them.

Common collocations

• elastic band Adjective + noun
• jug band Noun + noun
• brass band Noun + noun

Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).

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