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elastic band

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elastic band
Noun
a rubber band
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.elastic bandelastic band - a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
elastic, rubber band
band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
elastic device - any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched
Translations
elastic band n (BRIT) → gomita
elastic band elastic n (Brit) → élastique m
elastic band elastic (Brit) n → Gummiband nt
elastic band n (BRIT) → elastico


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An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
She had her work under her arm in a substantial parcel, and when Anne asked her to stay she promptly took off her capacious sun-hat, which had been held on her head, despite irreverent September breezes, by a tight elastic band under her hard little knob of fair hair.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
In an instant I had caught him round the waist, and held him up while Holmes and Pycroft untied the elastic bands which had disappeared between the livid creases of skin.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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