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band shell

band shell is the alternative form of bandshell.

Meaning of bandshell

Noun

bandshell (plural bandshells)

  1. A large, outdoor performing venue typically used by bands and orchestras, with the roof protecting musicians from the elements and reflecting the sound towards the audience.
    • They approach the mountain through the city park. The breeze, flowing steadily down the slope from the empty bandshell, is cool out of the sun.1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 97

Forms of band shell

pluralband shells

Questions about band shell

What is band shell the alternative form of?
Band shell is the alternative form of bandshell.

Words near band shell in the dictionary

  1. band printers
  2. band rotunda
  3. band rotundas
  4. band saw
  5. band saws
  6. band shell
  7. band skyphoi
  8. band skyphos
  9. band spectra
  10. band spectrum
  11. band structure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: band shell (page history and authors); bandshell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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