band

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n

1. company, group, body, assemblage, assembly, aggregation; gathering, multitude, crowd, swarm, horde, host, throng, rabble, mob, crush.

2. set, coterie, clique, circle, gang, bunch, pack; society, association, club, order, sodality, fellowship; outfit, corps, troop, squad, team, crew; cabal, junto, secret society; league, confederation, alliance, tribe.

3. musical group, group, combo, ensemble, orchestra, Brit. waits.

v

4. unite, confederate, ally, league together, join together, join forces or hands, team up, Inf. hitch horses; combine, merge, fuse, coalesce, consolidate, amalgamate, incorporate; gather, collect, assemble, mass, mobilize, muster.

5. affiliate, associate, fraternize, club or herd together; interact, coact, interface, cooperate, collaborate, work together or in unison or side by side, pull together, stand shoulder to shoulder.

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1. bond, binding, tie, connection, link, nexus; strap, strop, withe, fascia, copula, vinculum; ring, hoop, ferrule.

2. belt, baldric, cord, cordon, braid, thong, (for a horse) surcingle; girdle, sash, waistband, cummerbund, cestus. Archaic. zone, Archaic, Poetic. cincture; headband, ribbon, frontlet, fillet; collar, collarband, neckband; hatband, sweatband; wristband, Eccles. maniple.

3. stripe, stripping, streak, streaking, striation; stroke, line, dash, bar; strip, tape, tag, label.