band

Definitions of band in various dictionaries:

noun - an unofficial association of people or groups

noun - instrumentalists not including string players

noun - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

noun - an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

noun - a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

noun - a range of frequencies between two limits

noun - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)

noun - a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure

noun - jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

noun - a driving belt in machinery

noun - 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

noun - a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

noun - a restraint put around something to hold it together

verb - bind or tie together, as with a band

verb - attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together: a metal band around the bale of cotton.

A strip or stripe that contrasts with something else in color, texture, or material.

A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.

Something that constrains or binds morally or legally: the bands of marriage and family.

A simple ungrooved ring, especially a wedding ring.

A neckband or collar.

A high collar popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.

A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.

A cordlike tissue that connects or holds structures together.

Physics.

A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.

Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.

Computer Science.

The cords across the back of a book to which the sheets or quires are attached.

To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.

To mark or identify with or as if with a band: a program to band migrating birds.

A group of people.

A group of animals.

A group of players who perform as an ensemble.

verb - to decorate with flexible strips of material