stencil

---

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈstɛnsɪl/
• (America) IPA: /ˈstɛnsəl/

Noun

stencil (plural stencils)

1. A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface.
2. A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern on a surface.
3. A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.

Translations

• French: pochoir
• German: Schablone
• Italian: normografo
• Portuguese: estêncil, régua vazada
• Russian: трафаре́т
• Spanish: estarcido, esténcil

Verb

stencil (stencils, present participle stencilling; past and past participle stencilled)

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

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003