Meaning of band | Babel Free

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1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached. A belt or strap that is part of a machine
2. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
3. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
4. A surname from German.
5. A surname from German
6. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
7. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
8. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
9. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
10. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it
11. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
12. Ellipsis of marching band.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
13. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
14. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
15. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
16. A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
17. A belt or strap that is part of a machine
18. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
19. Ellipsis of band government.
    Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
20. A strip of decoration.
21. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
22. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
23. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
24. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
25. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
    in-plural
26. A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
27. A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
28. A bond.
    obsolete
29. Pledge; security.
    obsolete
30. A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
    US, especially
31. Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
32. Ellipsis of band cell.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
33. A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
    in-plural, often, slang
34. A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.

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Examples

“The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.”

“band and gusset and seam”

“sandstone with bands of shale”

“[...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.”

“For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.”

“valence band;  conduction band”

“OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter, Haſt thou according to thy oath and band Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon: Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale, Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare, Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?”

“He sent to her his basenet as a faithfull band.”

“She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go”

“musical band”

“session band”

“studio band”

“touring band”

“bar band”

“But in the mean time Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.”

“"My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."”

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