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| Shopping | The largest selection of BAND products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | bae'nd |
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| Rhymes | ampersand, armband, backhand, and 87 more rhymes in aend... |
| Meaning | An unofficial association of people or groups. |
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| Synonyms | set, circle, lot |
| Broader | social group |
| Narrower | car pool; clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp; cohort; conspiracy, confederacy; Four Hundred; horsy set, horsey set; jet set; party, company |
| Meaning | Instrumentalists not including string players. |
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| Parts | section |
| Broader | musical organization, musical organisation, musical group |
| Narrower | brass band; concert band, military band |
| Meaning | A stripe or stripes of contrasting color. |
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| Examples | "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" |
| Synonyms | banding, stria, striation |
| Broader | stripe, streak |
| Narrower | stretch mark |
| Meaning | An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material. |
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| Synonyms | banding, stripe |
| Part of | garment |
| Broader | adornment |
| Narrower | cigar band; hatband; neckband; pinstripe |
| Meaning | A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing. |
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| Synonyms | dance band, dance orchestra |
| Broader | musical organization, musical organisation, musical group |
| Narrower | big band; jazz band, jazz group, combo; rock group, rock band; steel band |
| Meaning | A range of frequencies between two limits. |
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| Broader | range |
| Narrower | frequency band, waveband |
| Meaning | A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body). |
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| Broader | strip, slip |
| Narrower | armband; armlet, arm band; backband; bellyband; collar, neckband; collar; garter, supporter; girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth; headband; headstall, headpiece; hoop, ring; rubber band, elastic band, elastic; strap, shoulder strap; sweatband; sweatband; watchband, watchstrap, wristband, watch bracelet, bracelet; weed, mourning band; wristband; wristlet, wrist band |
| Meaning | A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure. |
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| Synonyms | isthmus |
| Broader | tissue |
| Meaning | Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger. |
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| Examples | "he noted that she wore a wedding band" |
| Synonyms | ring |
| Broader | jewelry, jewellery |
| Narrower | annulet; engagement ring; mourning ring; ringlet; signet ring, seal ring; wedding ring, wedding band |
| Meaning | A thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else. |
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| Broader | strip, slip; loop |
| Meaning | A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration). |
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| Synonyms | ring |
| Broader | strip, slip |
| Meaning | A restraint put around something to hold it together. |
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| Broader | restraint, constraint |
| Narrower | brake band; collet; ligature; withe |
| Verbs | band |
| Meaning | Bind or tie together, as with a band. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | tie, bind |
| Nouns | band |
| Meaning | Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" |
| Synonyms | ring |
| Broader | attach |
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