A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
[mainly US, trademark]
She had a Band-Aid on her ankle.
regional note: in BRIT, use plaster
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
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.
[disapproval]
We need long-term solutions, not short-term Band-Aid ones.
Band-Aid in British English
(ˈbændˌeɪd)
noun
1. trademark
a gauze surgical dressing backed by adhesive tape
2. (sometimes not capitals) informal
something that provides a temporary solution to a problem
Band-Aid in American English
(ˈbændˌeɪd)
US
trademark
1.
a small prepared bandage of gauze and adhesive tape for minor wounds
noun [alsoband-aid]
2.
a bandage of this type
3.
a temporary, superficial remedy for a serious or complex problem
adjective
4. [alsoband-aid]
providing only temporary, superficial relief
Also ˈbandˌaid
Word origin
bandage + aid
Examples of 'Band-Aid' in a sentence
Band-Aid
It ended in the driveway, with her on her knees in the gravel (which explained the torn slacks and Band-Aid ).
Wood, Bari DOLL'S EYES
Walker couldn't see her face, but she had a Band-Aid on her ankle and a rash - red bumps - along the inside of her thigh.