Band Word Meaning

late Old English (in band (sense 4 of the noun)), from Old Norse, reinforced in late Middle English by Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to bind

a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration

flat, thin strip or loop of material

• wads of banknotes fastened with gummed paper bands
• Victoria settled the velvet band on her hair

a stripe, line, or elongated area of a different colour, texture, or composition from its surroundings

elongated area different from its surroundings

• a long, narrow band of cloud

a range of values or a specified category within a series (used especially in financial contexts)

range of values

• your home was placed in one of eight valuation bands

a thing that restrains, binds, or unites

thing that restrains or unites

• must I fall, and die in bands?

provide or fit (an object) with something in the form of a strip or ring, for reinforcement or decoration

provide object with band

• doors are banded with iron to make them stronger

mark (something) with a stripe or stripes of a different colour

mark something with coloured stripe

• the bird's bill is banded across the middle with black

allocate to a range or category (used especially in financial contexts)

allocate to range or category

• single adults in a property banded above D will pay more