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Meaning of Bandage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈbændɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
  2. A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
  3. A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca bandaj sarğı sarıq
Български бандаж бинт
བོད་སྐད རྨ་རས སྨན་རས
Bosanski barut plasta zavoj завој
Català bena embenar embenat
Čeština fáč obinadlo obvaz obvazivo
Cymraeg rhwymyn
Ελληνικά επίδεσμος
Esperanto bandaĝo vindi
Español venda vendaje vendar
Eesti side
فارسی بانداژ
Gaeilge bindealán
Gàidhlig bann clobhd
Galego venda
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi wahīʻeha
हिन्दी पट्टा पट्टी
Hrvatski barut plasta zavoj завој
Magyar kötés kötszer
Հայերեն բինտ վիրակապ
Bahasa Indonesia balut balutan barut bebat bebatan perban
Íslenska plástur umbúðir
日本語 包帯 繃帯
Қазақша жаратаңғыш
한국어 붕대
Kurdî bandaj bang barût
Lietuvių bintas
Te Reo Māori takai
Македонски завој
Bahasa Melayu balut bebat
Malti faxxa
မြန်မာဘာသာ ပတ်တီး
Nederlands bandage verband zwachtel
Português atadura bandagem curativo pensar penso
Shqip fashe
Српски barut plasta zavoj завој
Kiswahili bendeji plasta
తెలుగు కట్టు
Українська бандаж бинт пов'язка
اردو پٹی
Tiếng Việt bang băng bó

Examples

“[…]he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.”
“[…] the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage.”
“The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].”
“This new healthcare proposal merely applies a bandage to the current medical crisis.”

CEFR level

C2
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