band

Meaning

1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
2. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
3. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
4. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
5. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
6. A strip of decoration.
7. A strip of decoration.
8. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
9. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
10. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
11. A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
12. A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
13. (obsolete) A bond.
14. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
15. A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
16. Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
17. Short for band cell.
18. (slang) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money

gang

group

dance orchestra

frequency band

dance band

tie together

wavelength range

musical band

wage bracket

stick on

traffic lane

wave range

cramp-iron

musical group

Japanese orchestra

cingule

spectral band

data track

discussion section

florist’s willow

band spectrum

iron-brace

orchestral band

elique

hirsel

cete

band molding

ornamental string

adhesive bandage

energy band

erst

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bænd/

Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.