Meaning

1 senses
  1. A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.

    Bund, Taillenbund, Hosenbund

    a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom put the gun back in his waistband.

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  2. Ziri revealed a handgun tucked into his waistband.

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  3. I'm learning to sew an anatomic waistband on the skirt.

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  4. The waistband has lost its elasticity and now it's all crumbly and itchy.

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  5. Ziri lifted his T-shirt to reveal a handgun tucked into his waistband.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
band of fabric encircling the waist:

Origin

From waist + band.

From waist + band.

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Forms

plural: waistbands
Singularwaistband
Pluralwaistbands

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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