adhesive bandage
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- noun
- /ædˈhiːsɪv ˈbændɪdʒ/
:
tira adhesiva
- Sam applied an adhesive bandage to her hand after cutting it while cooking.
Examples
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Make sure to keep some adhesive bandages in your first aid kit for any minor injuries.
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We got antiseptic and adhesive bandages!
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She capped her tube and put a festive adhesive bandage across the heel.
Fiction book (1998) -
Gorvitz made the grip from ceramic, and they baked it in the oven; then Saint-Just covered it with layers of adhesive bandages.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Mistress used the moments my eyes were upon it to whisk a cushion onto the floor in front of me and a small brass bowl containing adhesive bandages and a wisp of cotton.
Fiction book (2000) -
The nurse recommended using an adhesive bandage to cover the small scrape on my knee.
Synonyms
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A piece of soft material that covers and protects a wound
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A small sticky bandage used to cover cuts or blisters
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A small sticky piece of cloth or plastic used to cover a cut
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A piece of clean cloth placed over a wound to protect it
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A small sticky bandage that covers and protects a cut
A small sticky bandage that covers and protects minor cuts
A small sticky bandage put on a small cut to protect it
A clean piece of cloth or pad placed over a wound to protect it
A clean pad of cotton or gauze that covers a wound after surgery to protect it
How Sticky
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'adhesive' means sticky and 'bandage' means material used to protect a wound, so 'adhesive bandage' clearly denotes a wound-covering with a sticky surface. This straightforward noun-noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun adhesive bandage comes from the idea of a small bandage with a sticky side—adhesive means 'sticky' and a bandage is the cloth that covers a cut. That's why it means 'a small sticky strip used to cover minor wounds'.