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2 VERB If you bandage a wound or part of someone's body, you tie a bandage around it. □ [V n] Apply a dressing to the wound and bandage it. □ [V -ed] …a bandaged hand. ● PHRASAL VERB Bandage up means the same as bandage . □ [V n P ] I bandaged the leg up and gave her aspirin for the pain. [Also V P n]

Ba nd-Aid (Band-Aids ) also band-aid

1 N‑VAR A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body. [mainly AM , TRADEMARK ] in BRIT, use plaster 2 ADJ [ADJ n] If you refer to a Band-Aid solution to a problem, you mean that you disapprove of it because you think that it will only be effective for a short period. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  We need long-term solutions, not short-term Band-Aid ones.

ban|dan|na /bændæ nə/ (bandannas ) also bandana N‑COUNT A bandanna is a brightly-coloured piece of cloth which is worn around a person's neck or head.

B&B /biː ən biː / (B&Bs ) also b&b

1 N‑UNCOUNT B&B is the same as bed and breakfast . □  …three nights b&b.

2 N‑COUNT A B&B is the same as a bed and breakfast . □  There are B&Bs all over the islands.

band|ed /bæ nd I d/ ADJ If something is banded , it has one or more bands on it, often of a different colour which contrasts with the main colour. □ [+ in/with ] …a stark tower, banded in dark and light stone.

-banded /-bænd I d/ COMB -banded combines with colours to indicate that something has bands of a particular colour. □  Tables are set with white china and gold-banded silver cutlery.

ban|dit /bæ nd I t/ (bandits ) N‑COUNT Robbers are sometimes called bandits , especially if they are found in areas where the rule of law has broken down. □  This is real bandit country.

ban|dit|ry /bæ nd I tri/ N‑UNCOUNT Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down.

band|leader /bæ ndliːdə ^r / (bandleaders ) N‑COUNT A bandleader is the person who conducts a band, especially a jazz band.

band|saw /bæ ndsɔː/ (bandsaws ) N‑COUNT A bandsaw is an electric saw that consists of a metal band that turns round and is used for cutting wood, metal, and other materials.

bands|man /bæ ndzmən/ (bandsmen ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Bandsmen are musicians in a band, especially a military or brass band.

band|stand /bæ ndstænd/ (bandstands )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A bandstand is a platform with a roof where a military band or a brass band can play in the open air.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A bandstand is a platform inside a hall or large room where the band that is playing at a dance or other occasion stands. [mainly AM ]

band|wagon /bæ ndwægən/ (bandwagons )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] You can refer to an activity or movement that has suddenly become fashionable or popular as a bandwagon . □  So what is really happening as the information bandwagon starts to roll? □  …the environmental bandwagon.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If someone, especially a politician, jumps or climbs on the bandwagon , they become involved in an activity or movement because it is fashionable or likely to succeed and not because they are really interested in it. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  Many farms are jumping on the bandwagon and advertising organically grown food.

band|width /bæ ndw I dθ/ (bandwidths ) N‑VAR A bandwidth is the range of frequencies used for a particular telecommunications signal, radio transmission, or computer network.

ban|dy /bæ ndi/ (bandies , bandying , bandied ) VERB If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them. □ [V n + with ] Brand shook his head. He was tired of bandying words with the man. □ [V n adv] The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.