band

Universal Words noun, verb noun group of musicians 1 [C+sing./pl.v.] a small group of musicians who play popular music together, often with a singer or singers: a rock / jazz band * She's a singer with a band. 2 [C+sing./pl.v.] a group of musicians who play BRASS and PERCUSSION instruments: a military band seealsoBRASSBAND, MARCHINGBAND, ONE-MANBAND group of people 3 [C+sing./pl.v.] a group of people who do sth together or who have the same ideas: a band of outlaws * He persuaded a small band of volunteers to help. strip of material / colour 4 [C] a thin flat strip or circle of any material that is put around things, for example to hold them together or to strengthen them: She always ties her hair back in a band. * All babies in the hospital have name bands on their wrists. * She wore a simple band of gold on her finger. seealsoARMBAND, HAIRBAND, HATBAND, RUBBERBAND, SWEATBAND, WAISTBAND 5 [C] a strip of colour or material on sth that is different from what is around it: a white plate with a blue band around the edge of radio waves 6 (also waveband) [C] a range of radio waves: Short-wave radio uses the 20-50 metre band. range 7 [C] a range of numbers, ages, prices, etc. within which people or things are counted or measured: the 25-35 age band * tax bands verb [VN] [usuallypassive] with colour / material 1 to put a band of a different colour or material around sth: [VN-ADJ] Many insects are banded black and yellow. [also VN] put into range 2 (BrE) to be organized into bands of price, income, etc: Tax is banded according to income. PHRASALVERBS band together to form a group in order to achieve sth: Local people banded together to fight the drug dealers.