elastic band

1. (of a material or substance) able to return to its original shape or size after being pulled or pressed out of shape. an elastic bandage; Rubber is an elastic substance.

2. able to be changed or adapted. This is a fairly elastic arrangement.

noun

a type of cord containing strands of rubber. Her hat was held on with a piece of elastic.

elasticity (iːlӕˈstisəti) , ((American) ilas-) noun

elastic band (also rubber band)

a small thin piece of rubber for holding things together or in place. He put an elastic band round the papers.

elastic band

→ رِبَاطٌ مَطَاطيّ gumička elastikbånd Gummiband ελαστική ταινία banda elástica, goma kuminauha élastique gumica elastico 輪ゴム 고무 밴드 elastiekje gummistrikk gumka fita elástica резиновая лента gummiband ยางยืด lastik bant dây thun 松紧带

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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.

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An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out of her stockings and desolating the country.

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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.

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elastic band (tape) with a dividing row of 15 mm (white, black) 420 000 r.

Elastic Band (tape)

Back in 2014, the elastic band in question was the one tying the back end of the yield curve with the front.

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Among those appearing will be Graham Oliver (founder member of Saxon), Ol Drake, Gav Coulson Group, Strap On Jack, Surplus and Tony Drake's Elastic Band.

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During the low-intensity protocol, they performed a single repetition with a grip width that only allowed the elastic band to tighten very slightly at the end of the range of movement.

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