band
an unofficial association of people or groups
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,900 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,421 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups also: set, circle, lot the smart set goes therethey were an angry lot
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color also: banding, stria, striation chromosomes exhibit characteristic bandsthe black and yellow banding of bees and wasps
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material also: banding, stripe
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing also: dance band, dance orchestra
- a range of frequencies between two limits
band in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Again Gledware protested that he would never betray the band.
Lahoma · J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis · Chapter 1
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Ah, for the music over and done, The band all dismissed save the droned trombone!
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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But he was turned by another band of keepers, and again driven towards the knoll.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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Upon the dark deck a band of light flashed, then a door slammed, and Mr. Baker was gone into his neat cabin.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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In 1749, it was reported the train band list of the town of Marblehead was equal to that of the town of Salem.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1