bandeau
/ˈbandəʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.98 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "She wore a bandeau in her hair."
- "You dress with a square glass before you, and a long glass behind you; your hair trusts to its own brown or black attractions, either curled or braided,—or you put on a wreath, a bunch of flowers, or a pearl bandeau;..."
- "an elaborate tombstone over a prebendary's widow, a dead lady with a Grecian nose, a bandeau, and an intricate lace veil; lying of course on a marble sofa"
- "Fragment of a wool cap, of which only the bandeau is well preserved. It is made in square knotting in alternate directions (see Fig. 79)."
- "1998, AANS Publications Committee: Setti S. Rengachary, MD, and Edward C. Benzel, MD, Calvarial and Dural Reconstruction: Neurosurgical Topics The frontal bandeau is then elevated en bloc. A Bi on BC1 (Midas Rex) bit is used to create the osteotomies circumferentially."
- "The supraorbital bandeau is fixed to the nasal structure by a titanium [...] This bandeau is fixed by microplates. The median bone strip is fixed to the [...]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: bandeau
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈbændəʊ/