bandage B1 Topic:Materials & Substances US /ˈbændɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like bondage /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Freq #10215 Meanings 1 noun A strip of soft material wrapped around a wound or injury to protect it. The nurse wrapped a clean bandage around his arm. 2 verb To cover or wrap a wound or injured part with a bandage. She bandaged his sprained ankle before the game. 3 noun A temporary or weak solution that does not really fix the problem. The new policy is just a bandage on a much bigger problem. Verb forms Verb forms are not available for this word yet. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a strip of soft material... patch 2 verb · to cover or wrap a wound or... bind Word family Forms bandagedbandagesbandaging Derived forms bandageliket-bandage Related forms dressingplastersplint Appears in Phrases (1) See all gauze bandage a strip or pad of loosely woven cotton cloth used to cover or protect an injury Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from French bandage. *bʰendʰ- Proto-Indo-European bandage French View etymology graph -> Topics Materials & Substances External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # bandage **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈbændɪd͡ʒ/ **Frequency rank:** 10215 ## Meanings 1. A strip of soft material wrapped around a wound or injury to protect it. 2. To cover or wrap a wound or injured part with a bandage. 3. A temporary or weak solution that does not really fix the problem. ## Examples - The nurse wrapped a clean bandage around his arm. - She bandaged his sprained ankle before the game. - The new policy is just a bandage on a much bigger problem. ## Derived Forms - bandagelike - t-bandage ## Related Forms - dressing - plaster - splint ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *bʰendʰ- - Root: bandage ## Etymology Borrowed from French bandage. ## AI Etymology Bandage was borrowed from French bandage. ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown