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headband

headband

30 1.0
A band you wear around the head to keep hair back and for decoration
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛdˌbænd/
translation icon : diadema
  • Meredith used to own a buckskin dress and a beaded headband that a Crow cousin had made for her.
  • a beaded headband
  • a chain headband
  • a feathered headband

It comes with this headband that I think you just strap on your head.

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Examples

  • I have to wear a headband because I have bangs now.

  • OK, so for a thin headband, this one is extremely comfortable.

  • And we could dress her all cute in one of them bow headband things.

    The Fire Inside (2024)

  • I actually like the headband.

    Adventures of Power (2008)

  • Why are you wearing a ceremonial headband?

    Americana (2025)

  • Mashi combed Lily's hair and put a headband around the crown of her head.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The braided fiber and colored cotton strips for the headband are now faded to brown.

    Academic text (2010)

  • A wisp of gray hair had escaped my mother's headband and fluttered upwards toward the fan.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • She wore a colorful headband to keep her hair out of her face while jogging.

  • For the dance recital, each girl wore a matching headband adorned with flowers.

Synonyms

hairband
vsheadband
1 1.0

A band that holds hair back

covers any band worn across the forehead or over hair not only looped elastic

How Decorative

crown
79 3.0
headscarf
10 2.3
bandanna
  • UK
11 3.1
headband
30 1.0
hairpin
15 1.6

Surface Forms

headband singular
headbands plural

Morphology

headband = head + band (transparent) = head + band

A straightforward compound whose meaning is directly the 'band' worn on the 'head'.

Etymology

Headband is simply the words head and band put together, meaning a 'band' that goes on your 'head'. Think of a 'band' like a rubber band or wristband, a strip that holds things, so a headband keeps hair in place or adds decoration.