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band

/bænd/ noun

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noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about band at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. An unofficial association of people or groups.
    the smart set goes there
  2. Instrumentalists not including string players.
  3. A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
    chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands

verb

  1. Bind or tie together, as with a band.
  2. Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.
    ring birds

Origin

Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

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