"iron band" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: iron bands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} iron band (plural iron bands)
  1. (music, Antigua and Barbuda) A kind of traditional musical group in the folk culture of Antigua and Barbuda, characterized by the use of pieces of metal as musical instruments.
    Sense id: en-iron_band-en-noun-en:musical_band_that_uses_pieces_of_metal_as_musical_instruments Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Music, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Collectives, Musicians Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Collectives: 94 6 Disambiguation of Musicians: 94 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see iron, band: a strip or ring of ferrous metal.
    Sense id: en-iron_band-en-noun-en:literal

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Download raw JSONL data for iron band meaning in English (1.4kB)

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