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RELATED WORDS : absorption band arm band band aid band fish band of partisans band oneself band saw band shell band together big band brake band brass band cigar band citizens' band concert band dance band elastic band frequency band jazz band jug band military band mourning band rock band rubber band steel band vocal band wedding band wrist band

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun band has 13 senses

• band(n = noun.group) circle, lot, set - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
is a kind of social group
has particulars: car pool, camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, cohort, confederacy, conspiracy, four hundred, horsey set, horsy set, jet set, company, party

• band(n = noun.group) Array - instrumentalists not including string players; Array
has parts: section
is a kind of musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
has particulars: marching band, brass band, concert band, military band

• band(n = noun.attribute) banding, stria, striation - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
has particulars: collar, stretch mark
is a kind of bar, streak, stripe

• band(n = noun.artifact) banding, stripe - an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material; Array
is a kind of adornment
has particulars: cigar band, hatband, neckband, pinstripe
is a part of garment

• band(n = noun.group) dance band, dance orchestra - a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing; Array
is a kind of musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
has particulars: big band, combo, jazz band, jazz group, rock band, rock group, steel band

• band(n = noun.communication) Array - a range of frequencies between two limits; Array
has particulars: frequency band, waveband
is a kind of range

• band(n = noun.artifact) Array - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body); Array
has particulars: armband, arm band, armlet, backband, bellyband, collar, neckband, collar, garter, supporter, cincture, girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth, headband, headpiece, headstall, hoop, ring, elastic, elastic band, rubber band, shoulder strap, strap, sweatband, sweatband, bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristband, mourning band, weed, wristband, wrist band, wristlet
is a kind of slip, strip

• band(n = noun.body) isthmus - a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure; Array
is a kind of tissue

• band(n = noun.artifact) ring - 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"
has particulars: annulet, engagement ring, mourning ring, ringlet, seal ring, signet ring, wedding band, wedding ring
is a kind of jewellery, jewelry

• band(n = noun.artifact) Array - a driving belt in machinery; Array
is a kind of belt

• band(n = noun.artifact) Array - 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; Array
is a kind of slip, strip, loop

• band(n = noun.artifact) ring - a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration); Array
is a kind of slip, strip

• band(n = noun.artifact) Array - a restraint put around something to hold it together; Array
has particulars: brake band, collet, ligature, withe
is a kind of constraint, restraint
Derived form verb band₁

Verb band has 2 senses

• band(v = verb.contact) Array - bind or tie together, as with a band; Array
is one way to bind, tie
Derived form noun band₁₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• band(v = verb.contact) ring - attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
is one way to attach
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

band

Ace bandage, Band-Aid, Bund, German band, Mystik tape, Philharmonic, Rochdale cooperative, Scotch tape, accouple, accumulate, act in concert, act together, adhesive tape, affiliate, age group, agglutinate, alliance, ally, amalgamate, amass, amateur band, anklet, application, armlet, articulate, assemblage, assemble, assembly, associate, association, axis, band together, bandage, bandaging, bandeau, bar, battalion, batten, be in league, bed, bedding, begird, belt, belt in, bend, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bevy, big band, bind, bind up, binder, bloc, blotch, body, bond, border, brace, bracelet, bracket, brass, brass band, brass choir, brass quintet, brass section, brasses, bridge, bridge over, brigade, bunch, bundle, cabal, callithumpian band, cast, cataplasm, cellophane tape, cement, chain, chamber orchestra, channel, check, checker, cinch, cincture, cingulum, circle, citizens band, clap together, clique, cloth tape, club, club together, cluster, coact, coalesce, coalition, cohort, collaborate, collar, collarband, collect, college, collude, combination, combine, combo, common market, company, complement, compress, comprise, concatenate, concert, concert band, concord, concur, confederacy, confederate, confederation, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consociate, consolidate, conspire, consumer cooperative, contingent, cooperate, cooperative, cooperative society, copulate, corps, coterie, cotton, couche, council, couple, course, court plaster, cover, covey, crack, cravat, craze, credit union, crew, cross-hatching, crowd, customs union, dapple, dash, deck, delineation, desks, detachment, detail, diagonal, division, dixieland band, do business with, do up, dot, dotted line, dressing, earring, ecliptic, economic community, edge, elastic bandage, embrace, encincture, encircle, encompass, engird, ensemble, ensphere, epithem, equator, faction, fascia, federate, federation, fillet, finger ring, flake, fleck, fleet, floor, four-tailed bandage, freckle, free trade area, frequency band, friction tape, fuse, gallery, gamelan orchestra, gang, gather, gauze, get heads together, get together, gird, girdle, girt, girth, glue, go partners, great circle, group, grouping, groupment, hachure, hairline, hang together, harlequin, harmonize, hatching, hold together, hook up, hoop, horde, in-group, include, iris, jazz band, join, join in, join together, jug band, junta, keep, keep together, knot, lace, lash, lath, lay together, layer, league, league together, leash, ledge, level, ligula, ligule, line, lineation, link, lint, list, loop, lump together, machine, maculate, make common cause, marble, marbleize, marry, marshal, masking tape, mass, measures, merge, military band, mob, mobilize, motley, mottle, movement, neckband, necklace, nose ring, orchestra, out-group, outfit, overlayer, overstory, pack, pair, partner, partnership, party, peer group, pepper, phalanx, philharmonic, piece together, plank, plaster, plaster cast, plastic tape, platoon, play ball, pledget, police band, political machine, polychrome, polychromize, posse, poultice, pull together, put heads together, put together, quartet, quintet, quoit, radio channel, ragtime band, rainbow, reciprocate, regiment, ribband, ribbon, ring, rock-and-roll group, roll into one, roller, roller bandage, rope, rubber bandage, salon, score, seam, set, sextet, shelf, shortwave band, shred, skiffle band, slash, slat, sling, slip, society, solder, span, spangle, speck, speckle, spill, splice, spline, splint, splotch, sponge, spot, sprinkle, squad, stable, stage, stand together, standard band, steel band, step, stick together, stigmatize, stipple, story, strake, strap, stratum, streak, streaking, street band, stria, striate, striation, striature, striga, string, string band, string choir, string orchestra, string quartet, strings, striola, strip, stripe, striping, stroke, strop, stud, stupe, sublineation, substratum, superstratum, swaddle, swathe, swing band, symphony, symphony orchestra, taenia, take in, tampon, tape, tape measure, tapeline, tattoo, team, team up, tent, tessellate, thickness, throw in together, ticker tape, tie, tie in, tie up, tier, topsoil, tourniquet, triangular bandage, tribe, trio, troop, troupe, truss, twine around, underlayer, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring, understory, understratum, unify, union, unionize, unite, unite efforts, variegate, vein, virgule, waits, weld, wing, wire, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind quartet, woodwinds, work together, wrap, wrap up, wreathe, wreathe around, wristband, wristlet, yoke, zodiac, zone

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Assemblage

N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

Party

N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.

Prison

N prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.

Filament

N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.

Outline

N outline, circumference, perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette, bounds, coast line, zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt, cordon, circlet.

Circularity

N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.

Music

N music, concert, strain, tune, air, melody, aria, arietta, piece of music, work, number, opus, sonata, rondo, rondeau, pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza, cadence, fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno, dithyramb, opera, operetta, oratorio, composition, movement, stave, passamezzo, toccata, Vorspiel, instrumental music, full score, minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra, concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio, vocal music, vocalism, chaunt, chant, psalm, psalmody, hymn, song, canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio, Lydian measures, slow music, slow movement, adagio, minuet, siren strains, soft music, lullaby, dump, dirge, pibroch, martial music, march, dance music, waltz, solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet, quartett, septett, part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale, antiphon, antiphony, accompaniment, second, bass, score, bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto, composer, musician, musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious, Wagnerian, adagio, largo, larghetto, andante, andantino, alla capella, maestoso, moderato, allegro, allegretto, spiritoso, vivace, veloce, presto, prestissimo, con brio, capriccioso, scherzo, scherzando, legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso, obbligato, pizzicato, desto, in notes by distance made more sweet, like the faint exquisite music of a dream, music arose with its voluptuous swell, music is the universal language of mankind, music's golden tongue, the speech of angels, will sing the savageness out of a bear, music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.

Musician

N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.

Musical Instruments

N musical instruments, band, string-band, brass-band, orchestra, orchestrina, monochord, polychord, harp, lyre, lute, archlute, mandola, mandolin, mandoline, guitar, zither, cither, cithern, gittern, rebeck, bandurria, bandura, banjo, bina, vina, xanorphica, viol, violin, fiddle, kit, viola, viola d'amore, viola di gamba, tenor, cremona, violoncello, bass, bass viol, base viol, theorbo, double base, contrabasso, violone, psaltery, bow, fiddlestick, piano, pianoforte, harpsichord, clavichord, clarichord, manichord, clavier, spinet, virginals, dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, vielle, pianino, Eolian harp, organ, harmonium, harmoniphon, American organ, barrel organ, hand organ, accordion, seraphina, concertina, humming top, flute, fife, piccolo, flageolet, clarinet, claronet, basset horn, corno di bassetto, oboe, hautboy, cor Anglais, corno Inglese, bassoon, double bassoon, contrafagotto, serpent, bass clarinet, bagpipes, union pipes, musette, ocarina, Pandean pipes, reed instrument, sirene, pipe, pitch-pipe, sourdet, whistle, catcall, doodlesack, harmoniphone, horn, bugle, cornet, cornet-a-pistons, cornopean, clarion, trumpet, trombone, ophicleide, French horn, saxophone, sax, buglehorn, saxhorn, flugelhorn, althorn, helicanhorn, posthorn, sackbut, euphonium, bombardon tuba, cymbal, bell, gong, tambour, tambourine, tamborine, drum, tom-tom, tabor, tabret, tabourine, taborin, side drum, kettle drum, timpani, tympani, tymbal, timbrel, castanet, bones, musical glasses, musical stones, harmonica, sounding-board, rattle, tam-tam, zambomba, reed, tuning fork, triangle, Jew's harp, musical box, harmonicon, xylophone, sordine, sordet, sourdine, sourdet, mute, (iv) PERCEPTION OF SOUND.

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