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Definition of band : 1. A belt or strap.
2. A bond
3. A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
4. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
5. A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
6. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
7. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
8. A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments ( trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.
9. A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
10. A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
11. imp. of Bind.
12. In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
13. Pledge; security.
14. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
15. To bandy; to drive away.
16. To bind or tie with a band.
17. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
18. To mark with a band.
19. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
20. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Synonyms:

phone, bent, stage set, circumference, sash, harness, caboodle, peck, engird, rophy, call, hoop, passel, round, circuit, wire, wad, sight, quite a little, hatful, muckle, spate, girdle, dress circle, roofy, collar, stack, telephone, trace, border, destiny, pile, draw, stria, readiness, doughnut, great deal, ribbon, striation, tape, anchor ring, environ, encompass, disk, batch, chevron, girt, orbit, reverberate, edge, tendon, mint, engirdle, dance band, resound, strip, good deal, begird, line, zone, truss, rope, luck, slew, meridian, stripes, geometry, tintinnabulation, lot, fillet, circumstances, twist, stripe, solidification, cord, skirt, gyre, peal, mountain, zodiac, closed chain, bar, fate, fortune, isthmus, forget me drug, pot, shackle, call up, exercise set, orb, echo, mess, knell, mass, gird, banding, portion, association, matter, halo, dressing, annulus, bandage, streak, lap, dance orchestra, deal, rotary, raft, gathering, hardening, ligature, ringing, plenty, grade insignia, compass, thong, wheel, scarf, bandeau, painter, tidy sum, roundabout, solidifying, mickle, girth, latitude, ensemble, roach, surround, cable, heap, traffic circle, orchestra, curing

compose, collate, group, mix, bunch, collect, assemble, aggregate

confederate, affiliate, interlace, participate, overlap, mesh, co-operate, interweave, pool, associate, ally, dovetail, share, concur, trade, interplay, reciprocate, unite, collaborate, collude, intermesh, intertwine

council, salad, assortment, federation, formation, college, stew, corps, partnership, medley, omnium-gatherum, bloc

covey, collection, aggregation, assemblage, caucus, battalion, troop, society, party, company, coalition, bevy, school, assembly, staff, nest, tribe, mob, faction, team, posse, detachment, detail, hive, crowd, fleet, squad, sect, drove, club, cadre, litter, body, herd, regiment, junta, cabal, division, gang, flock, troupe, clique, outfit, army, platoon, cell, phalanx, retinue, colony, coterie, host, force, ring, fraternity, union, circle, league, clan, wing, set, pack, complement, crew, brigade, fellowship

hasp, cotter, bracket, knitting, stay, anchor, brad, nail, glue, hinge, spike, vinculum, lace, hitch, snap, tie, link, binder, paste, grapnel, hook, cincture, medium, coupling, stitch, fastening, middleman, guy, clinch, fuse, rivet, staple, thread, suture, cleat, connector, string, belt, agent, cinch, button, weld, seal, pin, cement, buckle, lock, clasp, twine, hawser, rabbet, bolt, ligament, clip, mediator, braid, clamp, fastener, latch, brace, splice, zipper, closure, binding, bond, skewer, tack, strap, knot, mucilage, bonding, vise, catch, go-between, chain

Usage examples:

• This small band of friends, favorable as it is, does not pretend to say one word in public on our subject. - "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson.
• " The world knoweth us not;" and " us," I knew meant the little band in whose hearts Christ is king. - "Daisy", Elizabeth Wetherell.
• There, coming down the water, was a band of Indians. - "Salute to Adventurers", John Buchan.