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marching bands

marching bands is the plural of marching band.

Meaning of marching band

Noun

marching band (plural marching bands)

  1. A group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who often incorporate movement, usually some type of marching, with their musical performance.
    • No, republicans did not celebrate; they took their placards and their yellow T-shirts to Trafalgar Square, where their voices could (almost) be heard against a backdrop of marching bands and pealing bells.2023 May 6, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian

Questions about marching bands

What is marching bands the plural of?
Marching bands is the plural of marching band.

Words near marching bands in the dictionary

  1. Marchihue
  2. marchin'
  3. marching
  4. marching ants
  5. marching band
  6. marching bands
  7. marching cubes
  8. marching music
  9. marching on
  10. marching orders
  11. marching past

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