band
- Noun. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- Noun. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- Noun. A group of musicians, especially (a) wind and percussion players, or (b) rock musicians.
- Noun. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band.
- Noun. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (qualifier, a band of thieves) .
- Noun. (physics) A part of radio spectrum.
- Noun. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material. ''Valence band'', ''conduction band''.
- Noun. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
- Noun. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.
- Verb. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose.
- Verb. To fasten together with a band.
- Verb. (ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around (a bird's) leg.
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