stencil

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Stencil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

• Chinese: 漏字版
• Finnish: kaavain, malline (fi), kaavalevy, luotta, sabloni, sapluuna (fi); vahas (for mimeograph)
• French: pochoir (fr)
• German: Schablone (de) f
• Indonesian: stensil (id)
• Latvian: trafarets m

• Malay: stensil
• Maori: tahua
• Portuguese: estêncil (pt) m, régua vazada f
• Russian: трафаре́т (ru) ‎(trafarét)
• Spanish: estarcido (es) m, esténcil m
• Swedish: schablon (sv) c
• Tagalog: panlimwad

See also

• pochoir

Verb

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

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

External links

•  Stencil on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• clients
• lectins