Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - elastoplast

1. Elastoplast is a type of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts on your body. (TRADEMARK) (BRIT; in AM, use Band-Aid) N-VAR 2. If you refer to an Elastoplast solution to a problem, you mean that you disapprove of it because you think that it will only be effective for a short period. (BRIT; in AM, use Band-Aid) It is only an Elastoplast solution to a far greater constitutional problem. ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval