Meaning

4 senses
  1. A strip of fabric worn around the head.

    Stirnband, Stirnbinde

    повя́зка на голове́povjázka na golové

    a band worn around or over the head

  2. A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.

    Haarbügel, Haarreifen, Haarreif

  3. A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.

    Kapitalband

  4. A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing press.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom was wearing a red headband.

    ruНа Томе была красная головная повязка.

    deTom trug ein rotes Stirnband.

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  2. Tom is wearing a red headband.

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  3. Tom is wearing a headband.

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  4. Tom wore a yellow tennis headband.

    deTom trug ein gelbes Tennisstirnband.

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  5. My sister lent me a headband.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
strip of fabric worn around the head:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
strip of fabric worn around the head:
horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band:
strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book:

Origin

From Middle English *hedband, from Old English hēafodbænd, hēafodbend (“headband”), equiva

From Middle English *hedband, from Old English hēafodbænd, hēafodbend (“headband”), equivalent to head + band. Cognate with Old High German houbitbant (“headband”), Dutch hoofdband (“headband”).

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Forms

plural: headbands
Singularheadband
Pluralheadbands

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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