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word band
definition
noun
A band is a small group of musicians who play popular music such as jazz, rock, or pop.
He was a drummer in a rock band.
Local bands provide music for dancing.
A band is a group of musicians who play brass and percussion instruments.
Bands played German marches.
A band of people is a group of people who have joined together because they share an interest or belief.
Bands of criminals have been roaming some neighborhoods.
...a small but growing band of Japanese companies taking their first steps into American publishing.
A band is a flat, narrow strip of cloth which you wear round your head or wrists, or which forms part of a piece of clothing.
Almost all hospitals use a wrist-band of some kind with your name and details on it.
A band is a strip of something such as colour, light, land, or cloth which contrasts with the areas on either side of it.
...bands of natural vegetation between strips of crops.
A band of light glowed in the space between floor and door.
A band is a strip or loop of metal or other strong material which strengthens something, or which holds several things together.
Surgeons placed a metal band around the knee cap to help it knit back together.
...a strong band of flat muscle tissue.
A band is a range of numbers or values within a system of measurement .
For an initial service, a 10 megahertz-wide band of frequencies will be needed.
...a tax band of 20p in the pound on the first £2,000 of taxable income.
verb
If something such as a tax is banded, it is divided into bands according to the value of the thing being taxed.
They appear to have ruled out banding the tax so higher earners would pay more.
...a banding system based on property values.
The choice will be between a flat-rate or a banded charge.
inflections bandsbandingbanded
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