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What (who) is Band-Aid - definition
BRAND NAME OF ADHESIVE BANDAGES AND RELATED PRODUCTS
Band-aid; Bandaid; BAND-AID; Band-AID; Band-Aids; Band aids; Band-aids; Bandaids
Band-Aid
(T) n. (esp. AE) to apply, put on a Band-Aid
Band-Aid
also band-aid
(Band-Aids)
1.
A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body. (TRADEMARK) (mainly AM; in BRIT, use plaster
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N-VAR
2.
If you refer to a Band-Aid solution to a problem, you mean that you disapprove of it because you think that it will only be effective for a short period.
We need long-term solutions, not short-term Band-Aid ones.
= cosmetic
ADJ: ADJ n [disapproval]
band-aid
see Band-Aid
Wikipedia
Band-Aid
Band-Aid is a brand of adhesive bandages distributed by the American pharmaceutical and medical-devices company Johnson & Johnson. Invented in 1920, the brand has become a generic term for adhesive bandages in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and others.
Examples of use of Band-Aid
1. This isn‘t something that‘s just a Band–Aid treatment."
2. "We need to stop looking for band–aid solutions for these problems," Slate wrote.
3. Rayshun, meanwhile, asked only for a Band–Aid and didn‘t complain of any pain.
4. MEIER: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calls the National Guard plan a Band–Aid fix.
5. "They put a county Band–Aid on him and transported him away in an ambulance," Lt.