[band] 
| 1. | a thin, flat strip of some material for binding, confining, trimming, protecting, etc.: a band on each bunch of watercress. |
| 2. | a fillet, belt, or strap: a band for the hair; a band for connecting pulleys. |
| 3. | a stripe, as of color or decorative work. |
| 4. | a strip of paper or other material serving as a label: a cigar band. |
| 5. | a plain or simply styled ring, without mounted gems or the like: a thin gold band on his finger. |
| 6. | (on a long-playing phonograph record) one of a set of grooves in which sound has been recorded, separated from an adjacent set or sets by grooves without recorded sound. |
| 7. | bands. Geneva bands. |
| 8. | a flat collar commonly worn by men and women in the 17th century in western Europe. |
| 9. | Also called frequency band, wave band. Radio and Television. a specific range of frequencies, esp. a set of radio frequencies, as HF, VHF, and UHF. |
| 10. | Also called energy band. Physics. a closely spaced group of energy levels of electrons in a solid. |
| 11. | Computers. one or more tracks or channels on a magnetic drum. |
| 12. | Dentistry. a strip of thin metal encircling a tooth, usually for anchoring an orthodontic apparatus. |
| 13. | Anatomy, Zoology. a ribbonlike or cordlike structure encircling, binding, or connecting a part or parts. |
| 14. | (in handbound books) one of several cords of hemp or flax handsewn across the back of the collated signatures of a book to provide added strength. |
| 15. | to mark, decorate, or furnish with a band or bands. |
band (bānd)
n.
An appliance or a part of an apparatus that encircles or binds a part of the body.
A cordlike tissue that connects or that holds bodily structures together.
A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.
| band (bānd) Pronunciation Key
A specific range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies, as those used in radio broadcasting. |