HEADBAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headband mean? 

• HEADBAND (noun)
  The noun HEADBAND has 1 sense:

1. a band worn around or over the head

  Familiarity information: HEADBAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEADBAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A band worn around or over the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the earphones were held in place by a headband

Hypernyms ("headband" is a kind of...):

band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headband"):

fillet; taenia; tenia (a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband)