Band-Aid

[ band-eyd ]

/ ˈbændˌeɪd /

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Trademark.

a brand of adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, used to cover minor abrasions and cuts.

noun

(often lowercase)Informal. a makeshift, limited, or temporary aid or solution that does not satisfy the basic or long-range need: The proposed reform isn't thorough enough to be more than just a band-aid.

adjective

(often lowercase)Informal. serving as a makeshift, limited, or temporary aid or solution: band-aid measures to solve a complex problem.

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Origin of Band-Aid

1965–70 for defs. 2, 3

Words nearby Band-Aid

Bancroft Prize, band, banda, Banda Aceh, bandage, Band-Aid, bandanna, bandar, Bandar Abbas, Bandaranaike, bandari

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How to use Band-Aid in a sentence

Conditions will never be perfect, and we have reached the point of ripping off the proverbial Band-Aid.
San Diego Schools Should Honor the April 12 Reopening Date|John Lee Evans|March 9, 2021|Voice of San Diego
He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The band turned back around, raising a lively tune to signal life would go on.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The band was still on its way back as De Blasio and his wife departed.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The last band I was in was kind of a Sonic Youth rip-off band, and I thought that that was my calling.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Every other band I had been in had been pretty loud, you could never hear the vocals.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Groping to the chimney-place with the aid of his matches, Mr. Collingwood found the candle and lit it.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
His little band was almost immediately surrounded by the enemy.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Conny stepped smilingly forward, and proceeded to affix the band around the vicar's massive throat.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
England gladly seized the opportunity of injuring her enemy and sent aid to the people of Spain.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But once Austria was disposed of, Prussia and Russia met their punishment for having given her secret or open aid.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

British Dictionary definitions for Band-Aid

Band-Aid

/ (ˈbændˌeɪd) /

noun

trademark a gauze surgical dressing backed by adhesive tape

(sometimes not capitals) informal somethinɡ that provides a temporary solution to a problem

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Medical definitions for Band-Aid

Band-Aid

[ bănd′ād′ ]

A trademark for an adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, employed to protect minor wounds.