Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alice band

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: al-ice band
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flexible horseshoe-shaped headband.

Example Sentences

"She looked, Harry, thought, like somebody’s maiden aunt: squat, with short, curly, mouse-brown hair in which she had placed a horrible pink Alice band that matched the fluffy pink cardigan she wore over her robes."

Etymology

From Lewis Carroll's fictional Alice, often depicted wearing the headband in the illustrations in Through the Looking-Glass.

Inflected Forms

Alice bands (plural)

Questions

What does alice band mean?: A flexible horseshoe-shaped headband.
Where does alice band come from?: From Lewis Carroll's fictional Alice, often depicted wearing the headband in the illustrations in Through the Looking-Glass.

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