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neckband

neckband noun: a band worn around the neck.

Noun

neckband (plural neckbands)

  1. A band worn around the neck.
    • Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  2. The part of a shirt encircling the neck.

Verb

neckband (third-person singular simple present neckbands, present participle neckbanding, simple past and past participle neckbanded)

  1. (transitive) To attach a band around the neck of (especially a wild animal).
    • All individuals were ringed and adult geese neckbanded and returned to the corral.2015 July 2, Clausen KK, Madsen J, Tombre IM, “Carry-Over or Compensation? The Impact of Winter Harshness and Post-Winter Body Condition on Spring-Fattening in a Migratory Goose Species”, in PLOS...

Forms of neckband

Noun
pluralneckbands
Verb
third-person singular presentneckbands
present participleneckbanding
past participleneckbanded
pastneckbanded

Origin of neckband

From neck + band.

Questions about neckband

What does neckband mean?
Neckband means a band worn around the neck.
What part of speech is neckband?
Neckband can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of neckband?
The plural of neckband is neckbands.

Words near neckband in the dictionary

  1. neckaches
  2. Neckar
  3. neckar tree
  4. neckatee
  5. neckatees
  6. neckband
  7. neckbanded
  8. neckbanding
  9. neckbands
  10. neckbeard
  11. neckbearded

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