band
noun
[ band ]
• a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration.
• "wads of banknotes fastened with gummed paper bands"
Similar:
belt,
sash,
girdle,
strap,
tape,
ring,
hoop,
loop,
circlet,
circle,
cord,
tie,
string,
thong,
ribbon,
fillet,
strip,
cincture,
• a stripe, line, or elongated area of a different colour, texture, or composition from its surroundings.
• "a long, narrow band of cloud"
Similar:
stripe,
strip,
streak,
line,
bar,
belt,
swathe,
vein,
thread,
flash,
stria,
striation,
lane,
• a range of values or a specified category within a series (used especially in financial contexts).
• "your home was placed in one of eight valuation bands"
• a thing that restrains, binds, or unites.
• "must I fall, and die in bands?"
band
verb
• provide or fit (an object) with something in the form of a strip or ring, for reinforcement or decoration.
• "doors are banded with iron to make them stronger"
• mark (something) with a stripe or stripes of a different colour.
• "the bird's bill is banded across the middle with black"
• allocate to a range or category (used especially in financial contexts).
• "single adults in a property banded above D will pay more"
Origin:
late Old English (in band1 (sense 4 of the noun)), from Old Norse, reinforced in late Middle English by Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to bind.
band
noun
• a group of people who have a common interest or purpose or who share a common feature.
• "a band of eminent British researchers"
Similar:
group,
gang,
mob,
pack,
troop,
troupe,
company,
party,
bevy,
crew,
body,
working party,
posse,
team,
side,
selection,
line-up,
array,
gathering,
crowd,
horde,
throng,
assembly,
assemblage,
association,
society,
club,
circle,
fellowship,
partnership,
guild,
lodge,
order,
fraternity,
confraternity,
brotherhood,
sisterhood,
sorority,
union,
alliance,
affiliation,
institution,
league,
federation,
clique,
set,
coterie,
squad,
corps,
cadre,
contingent,
detachment,
unit,
detail,
patrol,
army,
cohort,
bunch,
gaggle,
sodality,
• a small group of musicians and vocalists who play pop, jazz, or rock music.
• "the band's last two albums"
• a herd or flock.
• "moving bands of caribou"
band
verb
• (of people or organizations) form a group to achieve a mutual objective.
• "local people banded together to fight the company"
Similar:
join (up),
team up,
join forces,
pool resources,
club together,
get together,
come together,
collaborate,
cooperate,
work together,
pull together,
amalgamate,
unite,
form an alliance,
form an association,
combine,
merge,
affiliate,
federate,
Opposite:
split up,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to banner.
