Skip to content
APG.American
Pronunciation Guide
HOW TO PRONOUNCE

BAND-AID

/ˈbændeɪd/

Press play to hear how to pronounce BAND-AID.

American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗

What does BAND-AID mean?

noun

  1. An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
  2. (informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.

verb

  1. To apply an adhesive bandage.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. (figuratively) To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.
Wiktionary contributors

Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0

IPA pronunciation

/ˈbændeɪd/

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.

In the pages of books

No suitable book passage is available for this word yet.