stencil
A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern…A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.
» I used a stencil to make this.
Meaning
3 sensesA thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.
Schablone
трафаре́тtrafarét, шабло́нšablón
трафаре́тtrafarét, шабло́нšablón
A pattern produced using such a utensil.
A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.
- 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 below
Examples
5 sentencesI used a stencil to make this.
Tom used a stencil to paint the sign.
Did you use a stencil for the letters?
I made a stencil so it would be easier to draw.
"Do you have a stencil in the shape of a heart?" "I only have star-shaped ones."
Translations
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Origin
Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrLikely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”).
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