rubber band

See also: rubberband and rubber-band

English

A few rubber bands

Pronunciation

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Noun

rubber band (plural rubber bands)

1. An elastic band made of rubber.

Synonyms

• elastic band
• gum band (Pennsylvania)
• lacquer band (Australia)

Derived terms

• rubber-banding, rubberbanding

Translations

elastic band — see elastic band

Verb

rubber band (third-person singular simple present rubber bands, present participle rubber banding, simple past and past participle rubber banded)

1. 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.