rubber band
Definition
Noun: A narrow, circular loop made of elastic rubber material, designed to stretch and contract. Its primary function is to bind or hold multiple items together temporarily.
Usage
A "rubber band" is used to fasten objects by being stretched around them. Its elasticity provides a secure but removable hold. - She used a rubber band to keep her receipts organized. - The mail carrier put a thick rubber band around the bundle of letters.
Advanced Usage
- "to have a mind like a rubber band": An informal idiom describing someone who is very flexible in their thinking or can easily shift between ideas. (Note: This idiom uses the concept of a rubber band's stretchiness as a metaphor for mental flexibility, not the physical object itself).
- As a creative director, he needs to have a mind like a rubber band.
Variants and Related Words
- Elastic band: A synonym, more commonly used in British English.
- Please pass me an elastic band for these papers.
- Rubber band ball: A sphere created by winding many rubber bands around a core.
- He spent years building a giant rubber band ball.
Synonyms
- Elastic: A more general term for a stretchable material or band.
- Binder: A broader term for any device used to hold things together.
Related Phrases
- To snap like a rubber band: To break suddenly under tension, often used metaphorically.
- After months of stress, his patience finally snapped like a rubber band.
- Rubber-band logic: Informal term for reasoning that is circular or returns to its starting point.
- His argument was based on rubber-band logic and proved nothing.
Noun
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a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
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