band vs bathrobe

band

noun
  • A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it. 

  • A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. 

  • A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. 

  • A belt or strap that is part of a machine. 

  • In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. 

  • A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork. 

  • A part of the electromagnetic spectrum. 

  • A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music. 

  • A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area. 

  • Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. 

  • A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it. 

  • A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money 

  • A marching band. 

  • A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada. 

  • A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached. 

  • A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states. 

  • A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist. 

  • A group of energy levels in a solid state material. 

  • Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc 

  • That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie. 

  • A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves). 

verb
  • To fasten with a band. 

  • To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird). 

  • To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream. 

  • To group together for a common purpose; to confederate. 

bathrobe

noun
  • A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully. 

How often have the words band and bathrobe occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )