elastic band
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishDaily lifeelastic bandeˌlastic ˈband noun [countable]
British EnglishD a thin circular piece of rubber used for fastening things together SYN rubber bandExamples from the Corpuselastic band• He pulled it farther open and saw that a bunch of quill pens in an elastic band had been moved.• Then he starts to loop his hair into an elastic band first thing every morning.• A leather ring fitted over each shoulder, with an elastic band stretched between them across my back.• Then flick the elastic band a couple of times.• She seemed harassed and shop-worn, her greying hair tied up in a bun with a twisted elastic band.
British EnglishD a thin circular piece of rubber used for fastening things together SYN rubber bandExamples from the Corpuselastic band• He pulled it farther open and saw that a bunch of quill pens in an elastic band had been moved.• Then he starts to loop his hair into an elastic band first thing every morning.• A leather ring fitted over each shoulder, with an elastic band stretched between them across my back.• Then flick the elastic band a couple of times.• She seemed harassed and shop-worn, her greying hair tied up in a bun with a twisted elastic band.- drastic measures
- drastic/tough/extreme etc measures
- drastically curtail
- drastikos
- drat
- draught
- draught excluder
- draughtboard
- draughtsman
- draughtsmanship
- draughtsmen
- draughty
- clinical medicine etc
- clinical medicine/experience/training etc
- clinical thermometer
- clinical training etc
- clinician
- clinique
- clink
- Clink
- clinker
- Clint
- Clinton
- Clinton
- Clinton, Bill