BANDING
Dictionary entry overview: What does banding mean?
• BANDING (noun)
The noun BANDING has 2 senses:
1. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
2. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
Familiarity information: BANDING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BANDING (noun)
Meaning:
A stripe or stripes of contrasting color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
banding; stria; striation; band
Context examples:
chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands / the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps
Hypernyms ("banding" is a kind of...):
streak; stripe (a marking of a different color or texture from the background)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "banding"):
stretch mark (a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy))
Meaning:
An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
stripe; banding; band
Hypernyms ("banding" is a kind of...):
adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "banding"):
cigar band (a narrow paper band around a cigar)
hatband (a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim)
neckband (a band around the collar of a garment)
pinstripe (a very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric))
Holonyms ("banding" is a part of...):
garment (an article of clothing)
