🇬🇧 Headband meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A headband is something you wear around your head, usually made of cloth or plastic. It goes over the top of your head and behind your ears. People wear headbands to keep hair out of their eyes, to soak up sweat when they play sports, or just to look stylish and colorful. Some headbands are soft and stretchy, and others are hard and curved, like a small plastic rainbow for your head.

I used a headband to hold back my hair, my thoughts, and almost my eyebrows.

I put on a rainbow headband and my reflection said, “Wow, that’s a lot of weather for one head.”

I put on a sparkly headband and instantly felt 72% fancier and 100% more dramatic.

The headband kept my hair out of my face, so my teacher could fully see my confused expression.

Grandpa put on my unicorn headband and said, “Now I am old, wise, and magical.”

She tied a bright headband around her curls, pushing stray hair back. The headband slipped during dance; she stopped, pressed the headband flat, and smiled. A friend handed a spare headband, and she placed the spare headband above her brow for decoration. The two girls bowed, headband now safe, laughing together.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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