Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sticking plaster

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: stick-ing -plas-ter
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adhesive bandage used in dressing wounds.

New Zealand usage; British usage

noun

An inadequate solution to a serious problem.

Informal

Example Sentences

"As I live, these covered parts of him were checkered with the same squares as his face; his back, too, was all over the same dark squares; he seemed to have been in a Thirty Years’ War, and just escaped from it with a sticking-plaster shirt."
"In a statement, Khan called the deal a sticking plaster and said: "The Government is, in effect, making ordinary Londoners pay the cost for doing the right thing on COVID-19."

Usage

Inflected Forms

sticking plasters (plural) stick plaster (alternative, UK)

Synonyms

adhesive bandage band-aid Elastoplast plaster adhesive plaster

Questions

What does sticking plaster mean?: An adhesive bandage used in dressing wounds.

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