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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spontaneous, impromptu, makeshift, limited, short-lived, brief, interim, transitory, provisional, momentary, tactical, explanation, result, bit, comment, remark, justification, interpretation, key, solution
Origin of Band-Aid
1965–70 for defs 2, 3
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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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Band-Aid
trademark registered 1924 by Johnson & Johnson for a stick-on gauze pad or strip. See band (n.1) + aid (n.). The British equivalent was Elastoplast. Figurative sense of "temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, pallative" (often lower case, sometimes bandaid) is first recorded 1968; as an adjective, from 1970.
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Band-Aid
[ bănd′ād′ ]
A trademark for an adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, employed to protect minor wounds.
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