Meaning

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling..

Definitions by Sense

1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
2. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
3. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
4. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
5. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
6. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
7. (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
8. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

Example Sentences

sandstone with bands of shale

[...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.

For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.

valence band;  conduction band

OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter, Haſt thou according to thy oath and band Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon: Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale, Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare, Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?

He sent to her his basenet as a faithfull band.

She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go

As he spake, his eyes rested on the graves below. "Yes," muttered the youth, "they are sufficient answer; they are indeed the end of all human hope." Mechanically he turned from one to another. Some were recently banded down with osiers, and the grass was varied with primrose roots; on some the foxglove grew luxuriantly, while others had a tombstone, carved with a name and a brief epitaph.

Word Forms

• bands
• banding
• banded

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Use band when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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