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# wristband

«wristband» in Mova's school dictionary: **a band of cloth, plastic, rubber or paper worn around the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a wristband, wristbands)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wristband is a band of cloth, plastic, rubber or paper worn around the wrist, for example to soak up sweat, show you have paid for entry, show support for a cause, or carry information. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#m1)

2) A wristband is also the strap of a watch or a smart device. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety children may wear wristbands at festivals, theme parks and hospitals with their name and a parent's phone number, or medical wristbands showing allergies (for example to peanuts). In sport, tennis players wear sweatbands on their wrists. Phrases: «hospital wristband», «medical alert wristband», «charity wristband», «fitness wristband».

### examples

- At the festival we wore wristbands with Mum's phone number on them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#x1)
- The nurse put a hospital wristband on my arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#x2)
- My friend wears a medical wristband because she is allergic to nuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#x3)
- Show your wristband to get into the water park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#x4)
- The tennis player wiped his face with his wristband. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#x5)
- We bought charity wristbands to raise money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#x6)
- Her fitness wristband counts her steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#x7)
- Don't take off your wristband until we leave the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wristband/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a wristband». One word. The w in «wrist» is silent. Safety: if you see someone with a medical wristband who is unwell, tell an adult and show the band to the helpers.

### In the corpora

- [He stays calm, goes to a steward in a bright jacket and shows his wristband.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/6/)
- [A wristband with a parent's phone number lets staff call your parent if you get lost.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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