Band Aid
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Definition
- Noun:
- A hurried or temporary repair or solution: A makeshift fix that addresses an immediate problem but does not solve the underlying cause.
- A small adhesive bandage: A trade name for a small strip of material with an adhesive backing and a gauze pad, used to cover and protect minor cuts or blisters.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Temporary Solution):
- The new policy is just a band aid for the company's financial troubles.
- Offering a discount was a band aid solution to the product's quality issues.
- Noun (Adhesive Bandage):
- She put a band aid on her finger after she cut it.
- Do you have a band aid? I have a blister from my new shoes.
Advanced Usage
- "Band-aid solution": This is a common collocation emphasizing the temporary and inadequate nature of a fix.
- The government's response was criticized as a band-aid solution to a systemic crisis.
- Used attributively (as an adjective): The term is often used before a noun to describe the nature of the fix.
- They implemented a series of band-aid measures to keep the system running.
Variants and Related Words
- Band-Aid®: The registered trademark form. In formal writing, this is the correct form when referring to the brand of adhesive bandages.
- Adhesive bandage: The generic term for the medical product.
- Plaster: The common term used in British English for an adhesive bandage.
- Stopgap: A synonym for a temporary measure or solution.
- Makeshift: Used to describe a temporary and often crude substitute or solution.
Synonyms
- For the "solution" meaning: Stopgap, quick fix, temporary measure, makeshift solution, patch.
- For the "bandage" meaning: Adhesive bandage, plaster, sticking plaster.
Related Idioms
- "Put a band-aid on it": This idiom means to apply a superficial or temporary fix to a problem.
- Instead of fixing the leak properly, he just put a band-aid on it.
Noun
- hurried repair
- trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters