bandage, patch
(noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
bandage
(verb) dress by covering or binding; āThe nurse bandaged a sprained ankleā; ābandage an incisionā
bind, bandage
(verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bandage (plural bandages)
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
(figuratively, by extension) A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.
bandage (third-person singular simple present bandages, present participle bandaging, simple past and past participle bandaged)
To apply a bandage to something.
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Source: Wiktionary
Band"age, n. Etym: [F. bandage, fr. bande. See Band.]
1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.
2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage over her eyes. Addison.
Band"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandaged (p. pr. & vb. n. Bandaging (
Definition: To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
