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▸ noun: A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
▸ noun: A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
▸ noun: A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
▸ noun: A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
▸ noun: A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
▸ noun: (architecture) A strip of decoration.
▸ noun: A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
▸ noun: In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
▸ noun: That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
▸ noun: A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
▸ noun: (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
▸ noun: (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
▸ noun: (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A bond.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Pledge; security.
▸ noun: (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
▸ noun: (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
▸ noun: (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
▸ verb: (transitive) To fasten with a band.
▸ verb: (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
▸ noun: A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
▸ noun: A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
▸ noun: A marching band.
▸ noun: A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, e.g., a band of thieves.
▸ noun: (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
▸ noun: (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
▸ verb: (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
▸ noun: A surname from German.
▸ noun: (medicine) Short for band cell. [A cell undergoing granulopoiesis, derived from a metamyelocyte, and leading to a mature granulocyte; it is characterized by having a nucleus that is curved but not lobar.]
▸ verb: Obsolete form of bandy. [(transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.]
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stria,
stripe,
ring,
dance band,
set,
striation,
lot,
circle,
dance orchestra,
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