band
band is a valid 4-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
What does band mean?
An unofficial association of people or groups.
A range of frequencies between two limits.
A restraint put around something to hold it together.
A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body).
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.
Instrumentalists not including string players.
A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
“chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands”
“the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps”
A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing.
An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material.
Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger.
“he noted that she wore a wedding band”
A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration).
A driving belt in machinery.
Bind or tie together, as with a band.
Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.
“band the geese to observe their migratory patterns”