elastic band

noun

British
: a thin, flexible loop that is made of rubber and used to hold things together : rubber band

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Sticky sap stretched between my fingers like an elastic band. Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025 The picture, posted on the club’s Instagram account, showed Bellingham suspended in mid-air, with a purple elastic band around the sole of his boots and holding a kettlebell weighing around 14 kilograms (31lb). Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson missed the team’s Week 6 game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday after suffering an orbital eye fracture in a freak elastic band accident during pregame warmups. Ben Morse, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025 An elastic band that connects the plates and wraps tightly around the back of the speaker acts as a carry handle or can be used to hang it. PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for elastic band

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“Elastic band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elastic%20band. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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