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Meaning:
Noun:
- A group of musicians, especially (a) wind and percussion players, or (b) rock musicians.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (''a band of thieves'').
- anthropology A small group of people living in a simple society.
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band.
- Canadian English A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.
- physics A group of energy levels in a solid state material. ''Valence band'', ''conduction band''.
- physics A part of radio spectrum.
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Verb:
- intransitive To group together for a common purpose.
- ornithology To fasten an identifying band around (a bird's) leg.
- To fasten together with a band.
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