banding

Other forms of banding

plural

bandings·

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 banding

What does banding mean?

banding means "a stripe or stripes of contrasting color". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in banding?

banding has 2 syllables: ban-ding. The stress falls on "ban". In IPA it is /ˈbændɪŋ/.

What is another word for banding?

Close synonyms include band, stria, striation, band, stripe. 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 banding a common word?

banding is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.