| band |  | |
| 1. n. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. | |
| 2. n. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. | |
| 3. n. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it. | |
| 4. n. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached. | |
| 5. n. A belt or strap that is part of a machine. | |
| 6. n. (architecture) A strip of decoration. | |
| 7. n. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork. | |
| 8. n. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. | |
| 9. n. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie. | |
| 10. n. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. | |
| 11. n. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. | |
| 12. n. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum. | |
| 13. n. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material. | |
| valence band; conduction band | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) A bond. | |
| 15. n. (obsolete) Pledge; security. | |
| 16. n. (especially, American English) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it. | |
| 17. n. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc | |
| 18. n. (medicine) (short for, band cell) | |
| 19. n. (slang) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money | |
| 20. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To fasten with a band. | |
| 21. v. (lbl, en, transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird). | |
| 22. n. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist. | |
| 23. n. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music. | |
| 24. n. A marching band. | |
| 25. n. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves). | |
| 26. n. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society. | |
| 27. n. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada. | |
| 28. v. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate. | |
| 29. v. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of bind | |
