"*band" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From * (“wildcard”) + band, after the roguelike Angband, after the fictional fortress of Angband in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "*bands",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A subgenre of roguelikes, characterized by non-rushed gameplay, levels not being saved upon being left, large numbers of items and a steep power curve."
      ],
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        [
          "levels",
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          "items",
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        ],
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          "power curve",
          "power curve#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(uncountable) A subgenre of roguelikes, characterized by non-rushed gameplay, levels not being saved upon being left, large numbers of items and a steep power curve."
      ],
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Video game genres",
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            "Genres",
            "Video games",
            "Entertainment",
            "Games",
            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Culture",
            "Recreation",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
            "Society",
            "Human activity",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human"
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      ],
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        "A game of this genre."
      ],
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        "(countable) A game of this genre."
      ],
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        "usually"
      ]
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  ],
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    "Angband",
    "Angband (video game)",
    "J. R. R. Tolkien",
    "Silmarillion"
  ],
  "word": "*band"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A subgenre of roguelikes, characterized by non-rushed gameplay, levels not being saved upon being left, large numbers of items and a steep power curve."
      ],
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        ],
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          "levels",
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        ],
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          "items",
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        ],
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          "power curve",
          "power curve#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(uncountable) A subgenre of roguelikes, characterized by non-rushed gameplay, levels not being saved upon being left, large numbers of items and a steep power curve."
      ],
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        "uncountable",
        "usually"
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        "A game of this genre."
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    "J. R. R. Tolkien",
    "Silmarillion"
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