variants also cumberbund
as in belt
a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist a cummerbund is the perfect accessory for a man's tuxedo

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Recent Examples of cummerbund Paired with a custom black wool shawl collar tuxedo by Prada, a grosgrain cummerbund and a sophisticated bowtie, Stan looked every bit a leading man. Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 The actor wore a wool suit with silver buttons, a white poplin shirt, a black silk cummerbund and brushed leather lace-up shoes. Hannah Malach, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025 This striking print graced everything from a crisply tailored button-down and tie to a cummerbund on effortlessly chic trousers. Thomas Adamson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024 The model’s lineage shows in the black band that wraps the lengthy hood like a vintage Armani cummerbund. Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 2 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for cummerbund
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Noun
  • China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near-Earth asteroid and a main belt comet, Space News reports.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
  • Juno has transmitted back thousands of raw images of the belts and zones within the giant planet’s dense clouds that encircle it in the last almost nine years in the Jovian System.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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  • Lorde went on to point out that the dress’s top half was a different take on the cummerbund, the pleated sash that often comes with men’s tuxedos.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 15 May 2025
  • Hudson was still wearing her Hancock sash and violet evening gown upon departure.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 12 May 2025

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“Cummerbund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cummerbund. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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