rubber band
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See also: rubberband and rubber-band
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rubber band (plural rubber bands)
- An elastic band made of rubber.
Synonyms
[edit]- elastic band
- gum band (Pennsylvania)
- lacquer band (Australia)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]elastic band — see elastic band
Verb
[edit]rubber band (third-person singular simple present rubber bands, present participle rubber banding, simple past and past participle rubber banded)
- Alternative form of rubber-band
- 1994 September 26, Wayne McGinnis, interview printed in 2000, by Jean Shellenbarger in The 9th Engineer Battalion, First Marine Division, in Vietnam, page 201:
- My mother gave me maybe 150 to 200 letters, […] all rubber banded together month by month and in dates.
- 2005, Sarah Morgan Major, Place Value, →ISBN, page 22:
- Prompt them to pick up ten sticks, rubber band them together, and quickly move them to the tens office.
- 2012, Cheryl Kerr, See Ya, →ISBN, page 130:
- There were yellowed pages of base layouts and plans, a duty roster, and a rubber banded package of papers.
- 1994 September 26, Wayne McGinnis, interview printed in 2000, by Jean Shellenbarger in The 9th Engineer Battalion, First Marine Division, in Vietnam, page 201: