waistband

Questions about waistband

What does waistband mean?

waistband means "a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers".

How many syllables are in waistband?

waistband has 2 syllables and divides as waist-band under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for waistband?

Close synonyms include girdle, cincture, sash, waistcloth. 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 waistband a common word?

waistband 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.