banded
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Marked with bands or stripes: Having one or more bands, stripes, or strips of a different color, texture, or material.
- Bound or identified with a band: Having a band placed around a part, often for identification or grouping.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The banded snake had alternating rings of black and yellow.
- Geologists studied the banded layers of sedimentary rock.
- The researchers tracked the banded birds to study their migration patterns.
Advanced Usage
- Scientific/Technical Contexts: Often used to describe patterns in nature (animals, rocks) or man-made identification markers.
- The mineral specimen showed beautifully banded agate.
- Banded mail was a type of armor constructed of overlapping horizontal strips.
Variants and Related Words
- Band (noun/verb): A strip or ring; to mark with a band.
- Banding (noun): The presence or application of bands.
- Unbanded (adjective): Not marked with bands.
Synonyms
- Striped: Marked with stripes.
- Ringed: Encircled with or having rings.
- Barred: Marked with bars or bands.
Related Phrases
- Banded together: (From the verb 'band') Refers to a group uniting for a common purpose. (Note: This is a phrasal verb related to the root verb 'band', not directly to the adjective 'banded').
- The communities banded together after the storm.
Adjective
- characterized by a band of especially white around the body
- banded cattle
- marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture
- a banded rock
- identified with a band especially around a leg
- kept watch for the return of their banded birds