armbandnoun
uk/ˈɑːm.bænd/us/ˈɑːrm.bænd/[ C ] a piece of material that a person wears around the arm as a sign of something, for example an official position:
All the stewards at the racetrack were wearing armbands.
black armbands for a funeral
[ C usually plural ] UK US waterwings a hollow, ring-shaped piece of plastic filled with air, that people who are learning to swim wear on their arms in water to help them float
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bands, straps and strips
- band
- bar
- belt
- binding
- blindfold
- collar
- dog collar
- duct tape
- masking tape
- raffia
- ribbon
- rubber band
- Scotch tape
- strip
- stripe
- sweatband
- tape
- thong
- webbing
- wristband
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Idiom(s)
be wearing the armband