Band-Aid

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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. This trademark sometimes occurs in print in figurative uses: "True welfare reform is being bypassed for Band-Aid solutions" (Los Angeles Times)."These measures are mere Band-Aids" (U.S. News & World Report).

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Band-Aid

(ˈbændˌeɪd)

1. (Medicine) trademark a gauze surgical dressing backed by adhesive tape

2. (sometimes not capitals) informal something that provides a temporary solution to a problem

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Band-Aid

(ˈbændˌeɪd)

1. Trademark. an adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, used to cover minor abrasions and cuts.

2. (often l.c.) a makeshift, limited, or temporary aid or solution.

Translations

Band-Aid

® [ˈbændeɪd] N (esp US) → tirita f (Sp), curita f (LAm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Band-Aid®

band-aid [ˈbændeɪd]

(mainly US) n (= plaster) → pansement m (adhésif)

modif (= cosmetic) [approach] → peu durable, superficiel(le); [solution] → de fortune

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Band-Aid®

(US)

n → Heftpflaster nt

adj (also band-aid) (inf: = makeshift) solution etc → behelfsmäßig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Band-Aid

® [ˈbændˌeɪd] n (Am) → cerotto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Band-Aid^®

(ˈband eid) noun

(American) (a piece of) sticking plaster with a dressing used to cover a wound etc. You should put a Band-Aid on that cut.

Band-Aid

→ جِبْس, لاصق من نوع إلاستوبلاست ®, لَصْقَة leukoplast, náplast plaster Hansaplast®, Heftpflaster, Pflaster γύψος, Επίδεσμος Band-Aid, επίδεσμος Elastoplast® curita, Elastoplast, tirita, tiritas laastari pansement flaster cerotto, Elastoplast® エラストプラスト®, バンドエイド, 絆創膏 반창고, 일라스토플라스트 Elastoplast®, pleister plaster opaska elastyczna, plaster, plaster z opatrunkiem Band-Aid®, marca de esparadrapo, penso rápido гипс, пластырь «Бэнд-эйд», пластырь Elastoplast® plåster ผ้าพลาสเตอร์, พลาสเตอร์, พลาสเตอร์ปิดแผล plaster, yara bandı băng dán vết thương, băng dính y tế, băng keo cá nhân 创可贴, 弹性绷带, 邦迪

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

Band-Aid

n. pop. curita; parche.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Band-Aid

n (marca) V. small adhesive bandage bajo bandage.

References in periodicals archive ?

Our national policy seems to be based on using and reusing band-aids. When the country was shocked to the core last January with the incident in Kasur, the state's response was a band-aid.

The band-aid policy

For several years, Rachel and her family have been hosting a yearly holiday "Band-Aid Bash" party.

Naperville teen collects Band-Aids, toys for young patients at CDH

One striking exception to the category's slow sales was provided by Band-Aid Skin Flex, which saw sales more than double to $2.17 million following its 2017 launch.

Innovative items raise hopes

The prince and the US star were chatting to delegates at a Commonwealth Youth Forum reception in London when Harry referred to using a "Band-Aid".

Harry comes to the aid of his bride-to-be

PRINCE Harry joked yesterday that Meghan will have to say plaster instead of band-aid now she lives in the UK.

Harry sticks it to her on lingo

The incoming administration, he said, must also present a long-term solution and not just "band-aid" solutions to the problem.

Solon: Emergency edict may give admin 'very broad powers'

"(http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/freddie-gray/bs-md-ci-gray-changes-echo-20160416-story.html) It's just like putting a Band-Aid on a cut that needs to be sutured," long-time civil rights activist Helena Hicks, 81, told the Baltimore Sun.

One Year After Freddie Gray's Death, Tensions Remain

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Inc.'s Band-Aid brand adhesive bandages have been on the market for nearly a century, serving as a staple in families' first-aid kits.

Bandage suppliers raise the bar

With the qualities of Steri-Strip but with less cost, wash proof Band-Aid serves the purpose to the same extent.

Sources revealed that the 38-year-old actress had a small Band-Aid on her neck, which she kept fussing with a white scarf, Us magazine reported.

Charlize Theron 'tries to cover neck surgery injury with scarf' at LA event

But look closely, and the number of banclages in each pack varies: Dora, 25 strips manufactured under Johnson & Johnson's Band-Aid brand; Mickey, 20 bandages, also co-branded Band-Aid; and Angry Birds, 30 antibacterial bandages from MarketLab.