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band
Found in thesaurus: social group, musical group, musical organisation, musical organization, streak, stripe, adornment, range, strip, slip, tissue, jewellery, jewelry, loop, constraint, restraint, bind, tie, attach
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band
n.
strip of material; stripe of color; orchestra, musical group; gang; group of people who live or work together
v.
join together; place a strip of some material on
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Band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Science and technology
- Band (mathematics), an idempotent semigroup
- Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths used in radio transmission and radar, specifically:
- Shortwave bands
- UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones
- LTE bands used for cellphone data
- Band cell, a type of white blood cell
- Gastric band, a human weight-control measure
- Bird banding, placing a numbered metal band on a bird's leg for identification
- BAND, acronym for "birds are not dinosaurs," a controversial stance on the evolution of birds
- BAND (application), a private online space for groups
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Bánd
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!!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Its name is most commonly pronounced "Chk Chk Chk" ([]). Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. They are currently based in New York City, Sacramento, and Portland, Oregon. The band's sixth full-length album, As If, was released in October 2015.
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band
Noun
1. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
(synonym) set, circle, lot
(hypernym) social group
(hyponym) car pool
2. instrumentalists not including string players
(hypernym) musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
(hyponym) brass band
(part-meronym) section
3. a stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"
(synonym) stria, striation
(hypernym) stripe, streak
(hyponym) stretch mark
4. a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material
(synonym) banding, stripe
(hypernym) adornment
(hyponym) cigar band
(part-holonym) garment
5. a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
(synonym) dance band, dance orchestra
(hypernym) musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
(hyponym) big band
6. a range of frequencies between two limits
(hypernym) range
(hyponym) frequency band, waveband
7. something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs
(hypernym) strip, slip
(hyponym) armband
8. 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"
(synonym) ring
(hypernym) jewelry, jewellery
(hyponym) annulet
9. a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
(synonym) ring
(hypernym) strip, slip
10. a restraint put around something to hold it together
(hypernym) restraint, constraint
(hyponym) brake band
Verb
1. bind or tie together, as with a band
(hypernym) tie, bind
2. attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
(synonym) ring
(hypernym) attach
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Band (der/die/das)
n.
band, ribbon, strap, strip, string, cord, strip of material; musical group; (Anatomy) ligament, flexible tissue which binds bones together
binden
v.
band, tie, ligate, join together; place a strip of some material on
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band (de)
n.
musical group
n.
stripe of color; strip of material; band
