Bandage Meaning
/ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
nounA strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
Sentence Examples
The nurse wound my leg with a bandage.
The nurse gently put a bandage around my head.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After cutting his finger, he needed a sterile ____ to cover the injury.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She put a small white ____ over the cut on her finger to protect it.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree French bande Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French bandagebor. English bandage Borrowed from French bandage.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed."
— 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
"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.[…]."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After cutting his finger, he needed a sterile ____ to cover the injury.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She put a small white ____ over the cut on her finger to protect it.