*bands

Noun

band (plural bands)

1. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
   • The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
2. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
   • band and gusset and seam1843, Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt
3. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
4. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
5. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
   • sandstone with bands of shale
6. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

See all 27 meanings of band