1. Instrumentalists not including string players
   "The marching band entertained the crowd during halftime"
    
2. An unofficial association of people or groups
   "the smart band goes there";
   - set, circle, lot
    
3. A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
   "The dance band kept the wedding reception lively with a mix of classic and contemporary hits";
   - dance band, dance orchestra
    
4. A thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
   "He secured his ponytail with a leather band"
    
5. An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting colour or material
   "The curtains had a decorative band along the bottom edge";
   - banding, stripe
    
6. A stripe or stripes of contrasting colour
   "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands";
   - banding, stria, striation
    
7. A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
   "She wore a silver band around her wrist"
    
8. Jewellery consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
   "he noted that she wore a wedding band";
   - ring
    
9. A restraint put around something to hold it together
   "He used a rubber band to keep the stack of papers organized"
    
10. A driving belt in machinery
    "The worn-out band on the engine needed to be replaced"
     
11. A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
    "The ornithologist carefully attached a numbered band to the bird's leg";
    - ring
     
12. A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
    "The band connects the two lobes of the thyroid gland";
    - isthmus
     
13. A range of frequencies between two limits
    "The radio station broadcasts on the FM band"
     
14. [Cdn] A group of aboriginals that has official recognition
    "The government negotiated land rights with several indigenous bands"

1. Form a group or unite
   "The groups banded together";
   - band together, confederate
    
2. Bind or tie together, as with a band
   "They banded the newspapers together for recycling"
    
3. Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
   "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns";
   - ring

Sounds like: banned

Derived forms: banded, banding, bands

Type of: adornment, attach, bar, belt, bind, constraint, jewellery [Brit, Cdn], jewelry [N. Amer], loop, musical group, musical organisation [Brit], musical organization, range, restraint, slip, social group, streak, strip, stripe, tie, tissue, unify, unite

Part of: garment

Encyclopedia: Band, Mures