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rubber band

 
/ˈrʌb·ər ˈbænd/ n [C]

Definition

a thin ring of rubber used for holding things together: She brought five or six pencils and put a rubber band around them.
(Definition of rubber band n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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