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# waistband

«waistband» in Mova's school dictionary: **the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (waistbands)

### meaning for a pupil

A waistband is the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a skirt, where small things can be tucked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waistband/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the band at the waist of clothes, where a small thing could be hidden

### examples

- She tucked the letter into her waistband. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waistband/#x1)
- His trousers had a tight waistband. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waistband/#x2)
- He took the bracelet from his waistband. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waistband/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «waistband» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waistband/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.