watchband

[ woch-band ]

noun
  1. a leather, metal, fabric, or plastic bracelet or strap attached to a wrist watch to hold it on the wrist.

Origin of watchband

1
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; watch + band2

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British Dictionary definitions for watchband

watchband

/ (ˈwɒtʃˌbænd) /


noun
  1. US, Canadian and Australian a strap of leather, cloth, etc, attached to a watch for fastening it around the wrist: Also called (in Britain and other countries): watchstrap

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