ban deau /'baendau; NAmE -dou/ noun 1 a narrow band worn
around the head to hold the hair in place 2 a piece of women’s clothing that is
tied around the body to cover the breasts ^ : a
bandeau bikini top
bandh /bAnd/ noun (IndE) a general strike bandi coot /'baendikuit/ noun 1 a small Australasian
animal with a long nose and long tail, which eats mainly insects £1® (
)
2 (also ,bandicoot 'rat) an Asian rat £1® ft band ing /'baendirj/ (also streaming especially in BrE)
noun [U] the policy of dividing school students into groups of the same
level of ability (
)
ban dit /'baendit/ noun a member of an armed
group of thieves who attack travellers ±§E ban-dito /baen'di:tau; NAmE -tou/ (also ban-dido) /-dau; NAmE -dou/ noun [NAmE, from
Spanish) (pi -os)
a
Mexican bandit UHlfiH
ban dit ry /'baenditri/
noun [U]
(format) acts
of stealing and violence by bandits iHtrAl ( sk'ifidj ) band-leader /'baendliida(r)/ noun a player who is in
charge of a band, especially a jazz band
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band mas ter /'baendma:sta(r); NAmE -maes-/ noun a person who conducts a military or brass band W-fcVA (
bando-bast /‘bAndabAst/ noun [u, C, usually
sing.] (IndE) preparation or an arrangement for dealing with sth #£ j§-; 3c
j#: The police bandobast was
very effective.
ban do lier (also ban-do-leer) /,baenda'lia(r); NAmE -'lir/ noun a belt made for
carrying bullets and worn over the shoulder (
band-saw /'baendso:/ noun a tool for cutting
wood, etc. consisting of a steel belt that has sharp points (called teeth)
along the edge and that goes around very fast
bandsman /'baendzman/ noun [pi -men /-man/) a musician who
plays in a military or brass band
( ) PAM
band-stand /'baendstaend/ noun a covered platform
outdoors, where musicians, especially a brass
or military band, can stand and play ( ^
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band-wagon /'baendwaegan/ noun [usually sing.]
an activity that more and more people are becoming involved in M0 ; Rt in] : The World Cup band
wagon is starting to roll
1171771 dimb/jump on the
bandwagon (informal, disapproving) to join others in
doing sth that is becoming fashionable because you hope to become popular or
successful yourself politicians eager
to jump on the environmental
bandwagon & f '/$ An A U fx M W Be £ ill BTsIMTI In the US, political parades often included a band on a
wagon. Political leaders would join them in the hope of winning popular
support. M i5fcPA^
band-width /’baendwidG/ noun [c, U] (computing if) 1 a band of
frequencies used for sending
electronic signals 01®; 2 a measurement
of the amount of
information that a particular
computer network or Internet connection can send in a particular time. It is
often measured in bits per
second, ( it
m adj. (of the legs // ®|) curving, with the
knees wide apart to be bandy-legged MM
mverb (ban-dies, bandying,
bandied, bandied) IfflBl bandy 'words (with sb) [old-fashioned) to
argue with sb or speak rudely to them (.%•••)
Isilhdkfi bandy sth-^a'bout/a'round [usually passive] if a
name, a word, a story, etc., is bandied about/ around, it is mentioned
frequently by many people