Bans

What do we mean by bans?

See banns.

Plural form of ban. noun

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ban. verb

Prohibition.

A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.

The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.

A curse or anathema.

A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

Words that are spelled similarly to bans:
bans.

Words that rhyme with bans:
hands, sans, trans, benz, trans-, plans, banns, hans, glans, cannes, fans, cans, pans, mans, spans, franz, stans, tans, scans, clans, vans, frans, sedans, ganz, caltrans, afghans, manz, gans, lanz, caravans, glanz, magnes, pecans, flans, manns, rans, kranz, vannes, sanz, grans, krans, hannes, rosecrans, crans, jans, japans, mannes, ranz, danz, caftans, kanz, shans, janz, bedpans, talibans, lifespans, klans, minivans, sannes, afghanistans, branz, franze, intertrans, meehans, rosenkrans.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bans:
such, outright, total, legal, similar, green, temporary, official, complete, partial, various, local, nuclear, specific, international, strict, black, legislative, national, absolute, constitutional, religious, lunatic, statutory, federal, recent, previous, selective, comprehensive, numerous, further, earlier, periodic, permanent, papal, yang, formal, unilateral, voluntary, traditional, governmental, administrative, year, occasional, arbitrary, european, regional, explicit, racial, limited, effective, broad, seasonal, frequent, successive, imposed, flat, interracial, subsequent, congressional, ecclesiastical, global, imperial, widespread, statewide, wartime, overtime, categorical, extensive, informal, criminal, decided, indoor, regulatory.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bans:
sale.

Consonant match to bans:
bones, beans, burns, buns, benz, banns, bonze, bins, banes, bines, binns, bens, boons, berns, baines, bains, byrnes, bonnes, baynes, binz, bynes, burnes, beens.

Words that sound like bans:
benz, bans, banns, banz, bones, beans, buns, bins, bangs, bens, boons, bines, baines, banes, bains, bams, bunz, binz, binns, boones, bonze, baynes, bonz, bonnes, biens, benz-, bynes, pans, bounce, bands, burns, bombs, ban, banner, beams, bums, booms, banna, banners, bongs, bant, bunce, baz, bana, bons, bonce, bahn, bann, boms, bings, bence, balms, banch, bance, banas, banh, burnes, berns, byrnes, bungs, bandt, bense, bombes, bims, bns, beames, banni, beenz, bernes, bince, bnz, boongs, binse, h-bombs, hands, pens, pains, pins, pines, hans, pawns, panes, pons, pangs, pance, hanz, pams, hannes, peens, peins, penes, penns, pones, peans, poins, panse, hanns, penz, panss, pinz.