stencil

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Stencil

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stĕnˈsəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsəl

Noun

stencil (plural stencils)

1. A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface.
2. A typeface looking as if made by the utensil.^W

Derived terms

• stencil art

Translations

utensil consisting of a perforated sheet

• Finnish: kaavain (fi)
• French: pochoir (fr)
• German: Schablone (de) f

• Latvian: trafarets (lv) m
• Russian: трафарет (ru) (trafaret)
• Spanish: estarcido (es) m

See also

• pochoir

Verb

stencil (third-person singular simple present stencils, present participle Commonwealth stencilling, US stenciling, simple past and past participle Commonwealth stencilled, US stenciled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To print with a stencil.

External links

• Stencil on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• clients
• lectins