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gumband

Syllables: gum·band/ɡʌmbænd/

gumband noun: synonym of rubber band.

Noun

gumband (plural gumbands)

  1. (Pennsylvania, Western) Synonym of rubber band.
    • Some of the guns were made “automatic” by carving extra notches, making it possible to load two or three gumbands at a time. The epitome was the machine gun, a long board with five or six notches — a strip of cloth would be stretched over them, then the gumbands on top of it.1993, Walter Buzz Storey, Stories of Uniontown and Fayette County, page 193

Synonyms of gumband

Forms of gumband

pluralgumbands

Origin of gumband

From gum + band.

Questions about gumband

What does gumband mean?
Gumband means synonym of rubber band.
What part of speech is gumband?
Gumband is a noun.
How do you pronounce gumband?
Gumband is pronounced /ɡʌmbænd/.
What is the plural of gumband?
The plural of gumband is gumbands.

Words near gumband in the dictionary

  1. Gumbalie
  2. gumball
  3. gumball machine
  4. gumball machines
  5. gumballs
  6. gumband
  7. gumbands
  8. gumbas
  9. gumbe
  10. Gumbel distribution
  11. Gumbel distributions

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