The waistband has lost its elasticity and now it's all crumbly and itchy.
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Waistband
//ˈweɪstˌbænd//
Synonyms for "waistband" (26 found)
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Translations
50 translations across 28 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- бгырыпх noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Albanian
2 entries- brez noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- qemer noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Arabic
2 entries- تِكَّة noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- حِزَام noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Armenian
1 entries- գոտի noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пояс noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Catalan
2 entries- cintura noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- cinturilla noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Danish
1 entries- linning noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Dutch
1 entries- tailleband noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Finnish
1 entries- vyötärönauha noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
French
2 entries- ceinture noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- élastique noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Galician
2 entries- cintura noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- faixa noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Georgian
1 entries- ქამარი noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
German
3 entries- Bund noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- Hosenbund noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- Taillenbund noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Greek
1 entries- μέση noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Hindi
2 entries- मेखल noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- मेखला noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Ido
1 entries- zono noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Irish
1 entries- banda coime noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Italian
2 entries- cintura noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- cinturino noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Latin
1 entries- subligāculum noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Macedonian
1 entries- по́јас noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اوچقور noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- تكه noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Persian
2 entries- بروفه noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- کمربند noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Portuguese
1 entries- cós noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Romanian
1 entries- betelie noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bann na briogais noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Spanish
4 entries- ceñidero noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- ceñidor noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- chumbe noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
- cinturilla noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Swedish
1 entries- linning noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Welsh
1 entries- llinyn gwasg noun (band of fabric encircling the waist)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom put the gun back in his waistband.
Source: tatoeba (3023396)
Be careful to wear nothing tight, particularly shoes, gloves, waistband, or hat; for they might prove a source of discomfort or even danger.
Source: tatoeba (8811163)
I'm learning to sew an anatomic waistband on the skirt.
Source: tatoeba (10692047)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.