BAND AID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Band Aid mean? 

• BAND AID (noun)
  The noun BAND AID has 2 senses:

1. trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters

2. hurried repair

  Familiarity information: BAND AID used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAND AID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Band Aid" is a kind of...):

adhesive bandage (bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hurried repair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

band aid; quick fix; quickie; quicky

Hypernyms ("band aid" is a kind of...):

fix; fixing; fixture; mend; mending; repair; reparation (the act of putting something in working order again)