rubber band

• Anillo de goma elástica usado para sujetar objetos o, en sentido figurado, algo que puede estirarse y volver a su forma original.

A loop of stretchy rubber used to hold items together, or figuratively, something that can stretch and snap back to its original form.

1. Elastic loopA1formal

   A loop of rubber used to hold things together.

   goma elástica

   • She used a rubber band to hold the papers together.
   • The rubber band snapped when he stretched it too far.
   • He flicked a rubber band across the room.