Band
(v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined |
Band
(v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. |
Band
(v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. |
Band
(v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons |
Band
(v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
Band
(v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. |
Band
(v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it. |
Band
(v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. |
Band
(v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals. |
Band
(v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants. |
Band
(v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body. |
Band
(v. t.) A belt or strap. |
Band
(v. t.) A bond |
Band
(v. t.) Pledge |
Band
(v. t.) To bind or tie with a band. |
Band
(v. t.) To mark with a band. |
Band
(v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. |
Band
(v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose |
Band
(v. t.) To bandy |
Band
() imp. of Bind. |
Band fish
() A small red fish of the genus Cepola |
Bessemer steel
() Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal |
Cast steel
() See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Reef-band
(n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. |
Steel
(n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. |
Steel
(n.) An instrument or implement made of steel |
Steel
(n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. |
Steel
(n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. |
Steel
(n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. |
Steel
(n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness |
Steel
(n.) A chalybeate medicine. |
Steel
(n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel |
Steel
(n.) To make hard or strong |
Steel
(n.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities. |
Steel
(n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel. |
Wide
(superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides |
Wide
(superl.) Having a great extent every way |
Wide
(superl.) Of large scope |
Wide
(superl.) Of a certain measure between the sides |
Wide
(superl.) Remote |
Wide
(superl.) Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like. |
Wide
(superl.) On one side or the other of the mark |
Wide
(superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs |
Wide
(adv.) To a distance |
Wide
(adv.) So as to leave or have a great space between the sides |
Wide
(adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose |
Wide
(n.) That which is wide |
Wide
(n.) That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark. |
Wide-awake
(a.) Fully awake |
Wide-awake
(n.) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat. |
band aid
quick fix
quickie
quicky | hurried repair |
| steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
band-tailed pigeon
band-tail pigeon
bandtail
Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
armlet
arm band | a band worn around the arm for decoration |
| band | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) |
band banding
stripe | an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material |
| band | a restraint put around something to hold it together |
| band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
| band | a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration |
| band | a driving belt in machinery |
| Band Aid | trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters |
bandsaw
band saw | an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels |
| brake band | a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation |
| cigar band | a narrow paper band around a cigar |
Hawaiian guitar
steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
ring
band | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger, she had rings on every finger, he noted that she wore a wedding band |
rubber band
elastic band
elastic | a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together |
| steel | knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod |
| steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
| steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
| steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate |
| steel engraving | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate |
steel mill
steelworks
steel plant
steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
| steel plate | a plate of steel |
| steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
| steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
sword
blade brand
steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
wedding ring
wedding band | a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding |
| weed mourning band | a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning |
wide-angle lens
fisheye lens | a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length), produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery |
wide area network
WAN | a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network |
widebody aircraft
wide-body aircraft
wide-body
twin-aisle airplane | a commercial airliner with two aisles |
| wide screen | a projection screen that is much wider than it is high |
| wide wale | corduroy with wide ribs |
World Wide Web
WWW
web | computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol |
wristlet
wrist band | a band or bracelet worn around the wrist |
band
banding
stria
striation | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color, chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands, the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps |
| steel blue | a greyish blue color |
isthmus
band | a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure |
vocal cord
vocal fold
vocal band
plica vocalis | either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx |
| steel trap | an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps), he's as sharp as a steel trap, a mind like a steel trap |
| band | a range of frequencies between two limits |
frequency band
waveband | a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) |
| steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
Asbat al-Ansar
Band of Partisans | an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early s that advocates Salafism, responsible for murders and bombings, seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps, funded by al-Qaeda |
| steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
set circle
band lot | an unofficial association of people or groups, the smart set goes there, they were an angry lot |
| band | instrumentalists not including string players |
| marching band | a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time |
| brass band | a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments |