| armband | (noun) a band worn around the upper arm | - |
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| (noun) worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning | - |
| backband | (noun) a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle | - |
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| band | (noun) a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) | - |
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| (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: banding, stripe |
| (noun) a restraint put around something to hold it together | - |
| (noun) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger | Synonyms: ring |
| (noun) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | Synonyms: ring |
| (noun) 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 | - |
| (noun) a driving belt in machinery | - |
| (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: banding, stria, striation |
| (noun) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure | Synonyms: isthmus |
| (noun) a range of frequencies between two limits | - |
| (noun) instrumentalists not including string players | - |
| (noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: circle, lot, set |
| (noun) a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing | Synonyms: dance band, dance orchestra |
| (verb) bind or tie together, as with a band | - |
| (verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify | Synonyms: ring |
| bellyband | (noun) a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon | - |
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| (noun) a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) | - |
| broadband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: wideband |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) | - |
| contraband | (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, black, bootleg, smuggled |
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| (noun) goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law | - |
| disband | (verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit | Synonyms: dissolve |
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| (verb) cause to break up or cease to function | - |
| endband | (noun) a part of a book, most often found with hardcover bindings, that consists of a small cord or strip of material affixed near the spine to provide structural reinforcement and sometimes decorative effect. | - |
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| hatband | (noun) a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim | - |
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| headband | (noun) a band worn around or over the head | - |
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| househusband | (noun) a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income | Synonyms: house husband |
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| husband | (noun) a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | Synonyms: hubby, married man |
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| (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, economize |
| neckband | (noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: collar |
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| (noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, collar, dog collar |
| (noun) a band around the collar of a garment | - |
| noseband | (noun) a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose | Synonyms: nosepiece |
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| riband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: ribband |
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| ribband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: riband |
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| saraband | (noun) a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the saraband | - |
| sweatband | (noun) a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat | - |
| tailband | (noun) an endband along the bottom edge of the book (as a book is standing upright). | - |
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| trainband | (noun) a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century | - |
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| waistband | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, girdle, sash, waistcloth |
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| watchband | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchstrap, wristband |
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| waveband | (noun) a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) | Synonyms: frequency band |
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| wideband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: broadband |
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| wristband | (noun) band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist | - |
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| (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap |