band

Meanings

• an unofficial association of people or groups
• instrumentalists not including string players
• a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
  • "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"
  • "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
• an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
• a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
• a range of frequencies between two limits
• a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
• a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
  • "he noted that she wore a wedding band"
• a driving belt in machinery
• 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
• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
• a restraint put around something to hold it together
• bind or tie together, as with a band
• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
  • "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

Synonyms

banding, circle, dance band, dance orchestra, isthmus, lot, ring, set, stria, striation, stripe