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sten·cil
(stĕn′səl)n.
1. A sheet, as of plastic or cardboard, in which a desired lettering or design has been cut so that ink or paint applied to the sheet will reproduce the pattern on the surface beneath.
2. The lettering or design produced with such a sheet.
3. The process of printing with such a sheet.
tr.v. sten·ciled, sten·cil·ing, sten·cils or sten·cilled or sten·cil·ling
1. To mark with a stencil.
2. To produce by stencil.
[From Middle English stencelled, adorned brightly, from Old French estenceler, to adorn brightly, from estencele, spark, from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, alteration of Latin scintilla, spark.]
sten′cil·er n.
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stencil
(ˈstɛnsəl)n
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a device for applying a design, characters, etc, to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of plastic, metal, cardboard, etc, in which the design or characters have been cut so that ink or paint can be applied through the incisions onto the surface
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a decoration, design, or characters produced in this way
vb (tr) , -cils, -cilling or -cilled, -cils, -ciling or -ciled
3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to mark (a surface) with a stencil
4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to produce (characters or a design) with a stencil
[C14 stanselen to decorate with bright colours, from Old French estenceler, from estencele a spark, from Latin scintilla]
ˈstenciller, ˈstenciler n
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sten•cil
(ˈstɛn səl)n., v. -ciled, -cil•ing (esp. Brit.) -cilled, -cil•ling. n.
1. a thin sheet of cardboard or other material in which letters, numbers, designs, etc., have been cut out so that they can be reproduced on another surface when ink, paint, or the like is applied over the cutout areas.
2. the letters, designs, etc., produced.
v.t. 3. to mark or paint (a surface) by means of a stencil.
4. to produce (letters, designs, etc.) by means of a stencil.
[1375–1425; earlier stanesile, late Middle English stanselen to ornament with diverse colors < Middle French estanceler, derivative of estencele a spark < Vulgar Latin *stincilla, metathetic variant of Latin scintilla spark]
sten′cil•er; esp. Brit., sten′cil•ler, n.
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stencil
Past participle: stencilled
Gerund: stencilling
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stencil
A sheet of paper, metal or other material perforated with a design through which color can be applied to a surface beneath.
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| Noun | 1. |  stencil - a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface belowflat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
| Verb | 1. | stencil - mark or print with a stencil artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" print - make into a print; "print the negative" |
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Translations
رَقيقَة مَعْدَنِيَّه للطِّباعَهورقَة شَمع للإسْتِنْساخيَنْقُش على الوَرَقَه لَيَطْبَعَها
cyklostylovatkartónrozmnožovací blánašablona
lave efter skabelonskabelonstencilstencilere
kaavain
sablonnal átrajzolstencil
prenta meî stenslistensill
daryti pagal trafaretątrafaretas
krāsot, lietojot trafaretušablonstrafarets
cyklostylovaťrozmnožovacia blanašablóna
mumlu kâğıtstensilstensille baskı yapmak
stencil
[ˈstensl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stencil
vt → mit Schablonen zeichnen; (Printing) → auf Matrize schreiben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stencil
(ˈstensl) noun1. a thin piece of metal or card in which a design etc has been cut which can be reproduced on another surface, eg paper, by printing or inking over the metal etc.
2. a piece of waxed paper into which words have been cut by a typewriter, to be reproduced by a similar process.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈstencilled – to produce (a design, pattern etc) by using a stencil.
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