Phrase guide

elastic band

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small, narrow loop of rubber or similar material used to hold items or body parts together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rubber band, elastic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: band, elastic device

History

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Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rekkie — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Amharic: ላስቲክ (lastik) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Azerbaijani: rezin — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Bulgarian: ла́стик (lástik) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Cebuano: lastiko — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Chinese Cantonese: 橡筋 (zoeng6 gan1) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橡皮筋 (xiàngpíjīn) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮筋 (píjīn) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Czech: gumička — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Danish: elastik — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Danish: gummibånd — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Dutch: elastiek — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Finnish: kuminauha — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Finnish: kumilenkki — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Finnish: joustonauha — loop of rubber or similar material
  • French: élastique — loop of rubber or similar material
  • French: bande élastique — loop of rubber or similar material
  • German: Gummiring — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Hebrew: גּוּמִיָּה — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Hungarian: befőttes gumi — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Indonesian: karet gelang — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Italian: elastico — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Japanese: 輪ゴム (wa gomu) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Japanese: ゴムバンド (gomu bando) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Japanese: ゴム輪 (gomu wa) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Khmer: ខ្សែយឺត (khsae yɨɨt) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Khmer: កៅស៊ូកង (kawsuu kɑɑng) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Korean: 고무 밴드 (gomu baendeu) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Korean: 고무줄 (gomujul) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Lao: ຕັງກະຕີ້ວ (tang ka tīu) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Macedonian: ла́стик (lástik) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Macedonian: ла́стиче (lástiče) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Malay: gelang getah — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Māori: hererapa — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Norman: bande êlastique — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strikk — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gummistrikk — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strikk — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gummistrikk — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Polish: recepturka — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Polish: gumka — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Portuguese: elástico — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Portuguese: liga — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Portuguese: borracha — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Portuguese: borrachinha — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Romanian: bandă elastică — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Russian: рези́нка (rezínka) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Russian: канцеля́рская рези́нка (kanceljárskaja rezínka) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Serbo-Croatian: gumica — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Serbo-Croatian: gumena vrpsa — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Spanish: cinta de goma — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Spanish: goma — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Spanish: gomita — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Spanish: elástico — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Spanish: liga — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Spanish: gomilla — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Swedish: gummiband — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Swedish: gummisnodd — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Tagalog: lastiko — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Tausug: kalapiya — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Thai: ยาง (yaang) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Tibetan: འགྱིག་གྱི་ཐག་པ ('gyig gyi thag pa) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Tibetan: འགྱིག་ཐག ('gyig thag) — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Turkish: ambalaj lastiği — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Turkish: lastik — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Turkish: paket lastiği — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Unami: shishipèk — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Vietnamese: dây thun — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Vietnamese: dây chun — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Vietnamese: dây cao su — loop of rubber or similar material
  • Yiddish: גומקע (gumke) — loop of rubber or similar material