noun
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
(architecture) A strip of decoration.
That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
(in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
(physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
(obsolete) A bond.
(obsolete) Pledge; security.
(especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
(sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
(medicine) Ellipsis of band cell.
(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
(telecommunications) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.
verb
(transitive) To fasten with a band.
(transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
noun
A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
Ellipsis of marching band.
A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
(Canada) Ellipsis of band government
verb
(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
(transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
verb
(obsolete) simple past and past participle of bind
verb
Obsolete form of bandy.