ADHESIVE BANDAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adhesive bandage mean? 

• ADHESIVE BANDAGE (noun)
  The noun ADHESIVE BANDAGE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ADHESIVE BANDAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADHESIVE BANDAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("adhesive bandage" is a kind of...):

bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adhesive bandage"):

Band Aid (trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters)

Elastoplast (an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds)