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1. (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
    
2. Character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
    
3. A metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
    
4. Thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
    
5. Something used to tie or bind
   - binder
    
6. The act of tying or binding things together

1. (surgery) bind with a bandage or ligature
   - ligate

Derived forms: ligatured, ligaturing, ligatures

Type of: attachment, band, bandage, character, fastening, graph, grapheme, graphic symbol, ligament, musical phrase, phrase, thread, yarn

Encyclopedia: Ligature