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ba'nana skin noun (BrE,
informal) something that could cause difficulty or
embarrassment, especially to sb in a public position jgj&JfcJPi ( ) W
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ba
nana ‘split noun a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) made from a banana that is cut in half along its
length and filled with ice cream, nuts, etc.
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band 0-w /baend/ noun, verb mnoun
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GROUP OF MUSICIANS A PA 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a small group
of musicians who play
popular music together, often with a singer or singers M ff ef BA,: a rock/jazz
band
jg H ± ^ |A 0 She's a singer with a band. Mil—^5^IAWtfc¥-o — see
also boy band, girl band 2 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of musicians
who play brass and percussion instruments ff^lA; -*15f;
IA: a
military band A — see also brass band, marching
BAND,
ONE-MAN BAND
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GROUP OF PEOPLE Af¥ 3 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people
who do sth together or
who have the same ideas — ft A; — W A: a band of
outlaws — 0 He persuaded
a small band of
volunteers to help. —
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STRIP OF MATERIAL/COLOUR M4 [C] a thin flat
strip or circle of any
material that is put around things, for example to hold them together or to
make them stronger ; ft: She
always ties her hair back in a
band. 0 Al1 babies in
the hospital have name
bands on their wrists. M. 1^ M 0r
O She wore a
simple band of gold on her
finger.
o — picture o hat — see also armband, hairband,
HATBAND,
RUBBER BAND, SWEATBAND, WAISTBAND
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[C] a strip of colour or material on sth that is different from what is around
it : a white plate with
a blue band around the
edge
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OF RADIO WAVES 6
(also wave-band) [C] a range
of radio waves i&ft: Short-wave radio uses the
20-50 metre band. 20-50
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RANGE m H'l 7 [C] a range of
numbers, ages, prices, etc. within which people or things are counted or
measured
( g: the 25-35 age
band * 25-35 ^ 0 tax bands
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verb [VN] [usually passive]
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WITH COLOUR/MATERIAL 1 to put a band of
a different colour or
material around sth jjP M & ( s$L
) : [VN-ADJ] Many insects are banded black
and
yellow.mmmm%&0 [alsoVN]
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PUT INTO RANGE 2 (BrE) to be organized into
bands of price, income,
etc. ( i&A^ )
ft, Tax is banded according to income.
WHIM .band to'gether to form a group in
order to achieve sth Local
people
banded together to fight the
drug dealers. ^l&A^ll'tfr
ban dage Otw /'baendid3/ noun, verb
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noun a strip of cloth used
for tying around a part of the body that has been hurt in order to protect or
support it — picture o page R25
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verb [VN] ~ sth (up) to wrap a bandage around a part of the body in order
to protect it because it is injured
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'Band-Aid™ noun (especially
NAmE) 1 = plaster n.(3) 2 (disapproving) a temporary solution
to a problem that does not really solve it at all $JE;£,i+ bandanna /baen'daena/ noun a piece of brightly coloured
cloth worn around the neck or head warji (j»r|j )
B
and B (also B & B, b and b, b & b) /,bi:
an ’bi:/ abbr.
(informal,
especially BrE) bed and breakfast 'band council noun (CanE) a
local form of Aboriginal government in