Dictionary Entry
band
band is a 4-letter English word with 35 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 35 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
- 2transitive verb
A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
- 3transitive verb
In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- 4transitive verb
That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- 5transitive verb
A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- 6transitive verb
Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- 7transitive verb
A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
- 8transitive verb
A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
- 9transitive verb
A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.
- 10transitive verb
A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
- 11transitive verb
A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
- 12transitive verb
A belt or strap.
- 13transitive verb
A bond
- 14transitive verb
Pledge; security.
- 15transitive verb
To bind or tie with a band.
- 16transitive verb
To mark with a band.
- 17transitive verb
To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
- 18intransitive verb
To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
- 19transitive verb
To bandy; to drive away.
- 20
imp. of Bind.
- 21noun
a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- 22noun
an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- 23noun
a restraint put around something to hold it together
- 24noun
a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
Synonyms
- 25noun
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
- 26noun
a driving belt in machinery
- 27noun
jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
"she had rings on every finger"
"he noted that she wore a wedding band"
Synonyms
- 28noun
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
"chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"
"the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
- 29noun
a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
Synonyms
- 30noun
a range of frequencies between two limits
- 31noun
an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"
"they were an angry lot"
- 32noun
instrumentalists not including string players
- 33noun
a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- 34verb
attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
"ring birds"
"band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
Synonyms
- 35verb
bind or tie together, as with a band
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