band-aid
Because it is a word with a single syllable, band-aid is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofband-aid
- An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
- A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
- To apply an adhesive bandage.
Example: "As a school nurse, Pat was used to bandaiding lots of scraped knees and elbows."
- To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.
Example: "Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message."
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