Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A trademark used 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).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. trademark An adhesive bandage, composed of a short ribbon of cloth or plastic with an adhesive coating on one side, and having a patch of gauze at the center. It is used to cover small cuts, abrasions, or blisters on the skin, and may be easily applied to and removed from the skin with no additional material. Originally a trademark, the term has been popularly used generically.
- n. A hurried repair; a temporary fix for a minor problem.
WordNet 3.0
- n. trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters
- n. hurried repair
Examples
“It will be defeated," Reid predicted yesterday, calling Boehner's plan "a short-term Band-Aid that would put our economy at risk and put the nation back in this untenable situation a few short months from now.”
“It will be defeated," Reid predicted, calling it "a short-term Band-Aid that would put our economy at risk and put the nation back in this untenable situation a few short months from now.”
“No Democrat will vote for a short-term Band-Aid that would put our economy at risk and put the nation back in this untenable situation a few short months from now," he said.”
“You didn't even need a sober second look to determine that the move by the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Canada and others was a short-term Band-Aid.”
“No Democrat will vote for a short-term Band-Aid that would put our economy at risk and put the nation back in this untenable situation a few short months from now.”
“No Democrat will vote for a short-term Band-Aid that would put our economy at risk and put the nation back in this untenable situation a few short months from now," Reid said.”
“But it's what some wildlife experts describe as a Band-Aid solution.”
“Congress hasn't enforced the plan, however, and each year has passed what the TMA calls Band-Aid legislation overriding the cuts.”
“Usually a Band-Aid is the only dressing necessary.”
“And those kind of Band-Aid fixes aren't going to solve this issue overnight.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Band-Aid’.
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Genericised Trademarks and Trademark ...
Brand names and/ or trademarks that are now used instead or alongside similar products' names.
Pacer, Texta, Thermos, Escalator, Zipper, Aspirin, Kleenex, Cellophane, Yo-yo, Trampoline, Petrol, Vaseline and 68 more...
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American English that's not in Irish ...
Well-known phrases in American English that aren't understood in Irish English.
front the money, freshman, Band-Aid, bandaid, stroller, knock on wood, cotton candy, Saran Wrap, Scotch tape, bumped, doorbuster, molasses and 3 more...
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Bands
band, bands, The Band, Band, rubber band, gum band, Geneva bands, preaching bands, barrister's bands, Band-Aid, wedding band, Citizens' Band and 55 more...
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Trademarks
"A trademark is any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from those of another and to indi...
Academy Award, Ace bandage, Acrilan, Addressograph, Alar, Alcian blue, Alclad, Aldis lamp, Ampakine, Amtrak, Amytal, Angostura bitters and 661 more...
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Stuck On Me
Bandages. Unmedicated.
chiastre, elastoplast, Band-Aid, triangular bandage, plaster bandage, roller bandage, scarf bandage, spiral bandage, elastic bandage, four-tailed bandage, immovable bandage, oblique bandage and 36 more...
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jodi For IrE, use plaster instead. Mar 31, 2011