stencil

/ˈstensəl/ noun [C]

Definition

› a piece of paper or plastic with patterns cut into it, that you use to paint patterns onto a surface

stencil verb [I, T] (present participle UK stencilling, past tense and past participle stencilled, present participle US stenciling, past tense and past participle stenciled) › to use a stencil to paint patterns onto a surface

(Definition of stencil noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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