Definition of band

"band" in the noun sense

1. set, circle, band, lot

an unofficial association of people or groups

"the smart set goes there"

"they were an angry lot"

2. band

instrumentalists not including string players

3. band, banding, stria, striation

a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

"chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"

"the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"

4. band, banding, stripe

an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

5. dance band, band, dance orchestra

a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

6. band

a range of frequencies between two limits

7. band

a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)

8. isthmus, band

a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure

9. ring, band

jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

"she had rings on every finger"

"he noted that she wore a wedding band"

10. band

a driving belt in machinery

11. band

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

12. band, ring

a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

13. band

a restraint put around something to hold it together

"band" in the verb sense

1. band

bind or tie together, as with a band

2. ring, band

attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

"ring birds"

"band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

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Quotations for band

Slowly, slowly falls night's curtain
Over all the wide-spread land;
And the angels of the twilight
At the gates of heaven stand.
Lo, they come, a band of angels.
Clad in robes of tender gray;
And before their gracious presence,
Fades the sun's last lingering ray. [ C. E, Charles ]

The band of conjugal love is adamantine. [ Robert Burton ]

Evil and good are God's right band and left. [ Bailey ]

A good face needs no band, and a bad one deserves none. [ Proverb ]

Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause. [ Joseph Hopkinson ]

Where fraud and falsehood invade society, the band presently breaks. [ South ]

Chastity is the band that holds together the sheaf of all holy affections and duties. [ Vinet ]

Nothing can embellish a beautiful face more than a narrow band that indicates a small wound drawn crosswise over the brow. [ Richter ]

All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union. and are connected, if I may be allowed to say so, by blood-relationship with one another. [ Cicero ]

band in Scrabble®

The word band is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters band:

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band in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters band:

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Words within the letters of band

2 letter words in band (3 words)

3 letter words in band (5 words)

4 letter words in band (1 word)

band + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence band

Word Growth involving band

Shorter words in band

an and

an ban

Longer words containing band

abandon abandonable

abandon abandoned abandonedly

abandon abandoned reabandoned

abandon abandoned unabandoned

abandon abandonee abandonees

abandon abandoner abandoners

abandon abandoning reabandoning

abandon abandonment abandonments

abandon abandons reabandons

abandon abandonware

abandon reabandon reabandoned

abandon reabandon reabandoning

abandon reabandon reabandons

armband armbands

backband backbands

bandage bandaged rebandaged

bandage bandaged unbandaged

bandage bandager bandagers

bandage bandages rebandages

bandage bandages unbandages

bandage rebandage rebandaged

bandage rebandage rebandages

bandage unbandage unbandaged

bandage unbandage unbandages

bandaging rebandaging

bandaging unbandaging

bandaid bandaids

bandana bandanas

banded crossbanded

banded disbanded undisbanded

banded husbanded

banded multibanded

banded unbanded

bandelet bandelets

bandelier bandeliers

banderilla banderillas

banderillero banderilleros

banderol banderole banderoled

banderol banderole banderoles

banderol banderoling

banderol banderols

bandform bandforms

bandicoot bandicoots

bandiness

banding crossbanding crossbandings

banding disbanding

banding husbanding

banding multibanding

banding unbanding

bandit bandito banditos

bandit banditry

bandit bandits

bandleader bandleaders

bandless husbandless

bandlet bandlets

bandlike

bandlimit bandlimited

bandlimit bandlimiting

bandlimit bandlimits

bandmaster bandmasters

bandmate bandmates

bands armbands

bands backbands

bands bandshaped

bands bandsman

bands bandsmen

bands bandstand bandstands

bands basebands

bands bellybands

bands brassbands

bands breastbands

bands browbands

bands crossbands

bands disbands

bands hairbands

bands hatbands

bands headbands

bands husbands exhusbands

bands husbands househusbands

bands multibands

bands neckbands

bands noncontrabands

bands nosebands

bands passbands

bands rainbands

bands ribbands

bands sidebands

bands sweatbands

bands throatbands

bands unbands

bands waistbands

bands watchbands

bands wavebands

bands wristbands

bandwagon bandwagons

bandwidth bandwidths

bandy bandyleg bandylegged bandyleggedness

bandy bandyleg bandylegs

baseband basebands

bellyband bellybands

brassband brassbands

breastband breastbands

broadband nonbroadband

browband browbands

contraband noncontraband noncontrabands

crossband crossbanded

crossband crossbanding crossbandings

crossband crossbands

disband disbanded undisbanded

disband disbanding

disband disbandment disbandments

disband disbands

hairband hairbands

hatband hatbands

headband headbands

husband exhusband exhusbands

husband househusband househusbands

husband husbanded

husband husbanding

husband husbandless

husband husbandly

husband husbandman

husband husbandmen

husband husbandries

husband husbandry

husband husbands exhusbands

husband husbands househusbands

intersubband

legband

multiband multibanded

multiband multibanding

multiband multibands

narrowband

neckband neckbands

noseband nosebands

passband passbands

rainband rainbands

ribband ribbands

sideband sidebands

sweatband sweatbands

throatband throatbands

unband unbandage unbandaged

unband unbandage unbandages

unband unbandaging

unband unbanded

unband unbanding

unband unbands

waistband waistbands

watchband watchbands

waveband wavebands

wideband ultrawideband

wristband wristbands