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stencilnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /ˈsten.səl/ us ​ /ˈsten.səl/

› a piece of card, plastic, metal, etc. into which shapes have been cut, used to draw or paint patterns onto a surface

› a picture made by drawing or painting through the holes in such a piece of card, etc. onto a surface:

She did a stencil of a rainbow on her daughter's bedroom wall.

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stencilverb [ T ]

uk ​ /ˈsten.səl/ us ​ /ˈsten.səl/ -ll- or US usually -l-

(Definition of “stencil” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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stencilnoun [ C ]

us ​ /ˈsten·səl/

› a piece of flat material in which shapes or letters have been cut out, so that when you paint or draw over it, images of the shapes or letters that have been cut out will be left on the surface below, or the patterns or letters made by this method

stencil
verb [ T ] us ​ /ˈsten·səl/

›

The back of the chair was painted solid black with designs stenciled in gold.

(Definition of “stencil” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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