tear-off

1. A strip or sheet of paper, plastic film, etc., that is designed to be removed by tearing or pulling off.

   My visor was covered in mud, and I had used up all the tear-offs.

2. A pull-down menu that can be detached from its parent menu bar and dragged around the screen.

3. A COM (Component Object Model) interface that is instantiated only when explicitly requested.

4. The demolition phase of a reroofing job, wherein the old shingles or other materials are torn off in preparation for the installation of new ones.

   Holonyms: reroofing, roofing

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