Origin: Latin suffix -ure
Ligature has 8 different meanings across 1 category:
(music) a group of notes connected by a slur
character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
The act of tying or binding something.
To ligate; to tie.