elastic band

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   a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together

   Synonymsrubber bandelastic

   Broaderbandelastic device

Questions about elastic band

What does elastic band mean?

elastic band means "a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together".

What is another word for elastic band?

Close synonyms include rubber band, elastic. 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 elastic band a common word?

elastic band is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.