band

1. 1.

   bind or tie together, as with a band

   Broadertie
2. 2.

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

   “ring birds”

   “band the geese to observe their migratory patterns”

   Synonymsring

   Broaderattach

Other forms of band

plural

bands·

past tense

banded·

present participle

banding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about band

What does band mean?

band means "an unofficial association of people or groups". That is the primary sense; the word has 15 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in band?

band has 1 syllable: band. In IPA it is /ˈbænd/.

What is another word for band?

Close synonyms include set, circle, lot, banding, stria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is band a common word?

band is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with band?

6 words rhyme with band. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.