sellotape

See also: Sellotape

English

A roll of sticky tape

Etymology

From genericized trademark Sellotape, from cello(phane) +‎ tape. The spelling with S- was to avoid an existing trademark on the word Cellophane itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛləteɪp/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

sellotape (countable and uncountable, plural sellotapes)

1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Adhesive tape.

   Synonyms: (US) Scotch tape, (Britain, Australia) sticky tape

Translations

adhesive tape — see adhesive tape

See also

• adhesive tape
• Durex
• Scotch tape
• sticky tape
• tape

Verb

sellotape (third-person singular simple present sellotapes, present participle sellotaping, simple past and past participle sellotaped)

1. (transitive, British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To seal with adhesive tape.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 258:

     The door was slightly ajar, with a newspaper cartoon sellotaped to it:

Translations

seal with adhesive tape

• Welsh: selotepio

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