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stencil
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sten·cil  (stnsl)
n.
1. A sheet, as of plastic or cardboard, in which a desired lettering or design has been cut so that ink or paint applied to the sheet will reproduce the pattern on the surface beneath.
2. The lettering or design produced with such a sheet.
3. The process of printing with such a sheet.
tr.v. sten·ciled or sten·cilled, sten·cil·ing or sten·cil·ling, sten·cils
1. To mark with a stencil.
2. To produce by stencil.

[From Middle English stencelled, adorned brightly, from Old French estenceler, to adorn brightly, from estencele, spark, from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, alteration of Latin scintilla, spark.]

stencil·er n.
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stencil
stencil (left) and painted motif

stencil [ˈstɛnsəl]
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a device for applying a design, characters, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of plastic, metal, cardboard, etc. in which the design or characters have been cut so that ink or paint can be applied through the incisions onto the surface
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a decoration, design, or characters produced in this way
vb -cils, -cilling, -cilled US, -cils -ciling, -ciled (tr)
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to mark (a surface) with a stencil
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to produce (characters or a design) with a stencil
[C14 stanselen to decorate with bright colours, from Old French estenceler, from estencele a spark, from Latin scintilla]
stenciller  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stencilstencil - a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
Verb1.stencil - mark or print with a stencil
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
print - make into a print; "print the negative"
Translations
stencil [ˈstensl]
A. N (for lettering etc) → plantilla f; (for typing) → cliché m, clisé m
B. VTestarcir; (in typing) → hacer un cliché de

stencil [ˈstɛnsəl]
npochoir m
vt [+ design, pattern] → peindre au pochoir; [+ ceiling, wall] → peindre au pochoir

stencil
nSchablone f; (Printing: for duplicating) → Matrize f
vtmit Schablonen zeichnen; (Printing) → auf Matrize schreiben

stencil [ˈstɛnsl]
1. n (for lettering) → stampino; (in typing) → matrice f
2. vtstampinare

stencil [ˈstɛnsl]
1. n (for lettering) → stampino; (in typing) → matrice f
2. vtstampinare

stencil
n stencil [ˈstensl]
1 a thin piece of metal or card in which a design etc has been cut which can be reproduced on another surface, eg paper, by printing or inking over the metal etc. sjabloon رَقيقَة مَعْدَنِيَّه للطِّباعَه шаблон šablona skabelon die Schablone φύλλο ή μεταλλική πλάκα με σχήματα τα οποία μπορούν να ανατυπωθούν σε άλλη επιφάνεια ðabloon كاغذ مومي luotta pochoir סְטֶנסִיל स्टेन्सिल šablona za slikanje sablon cetakan stensill stampino 型板 스텐실, 형판(型板) matrica, šablonas šablons; trafarets (uzrakstu, ornamenta krāsošanai) cetakan sjabloon sjablon szablon estampilha şablon трафарет, шаблон šablóna šablona šablon schablon ลายฉลุ stensil 模板 трафарет; шаблон چربہ khuôn tô
2 a piece of waxed paper into which words have been cut by a typewriter, to be reproduced by a similar process. sjabloon, waspapier ورقَة شَمع للإسْتِنْساخ восъчен лист rozmnožovací blána stencil die Matrize μεμβράνη πολυγράφου vahapaber شابلون vahas stencil סְטֶנסִיל स्टेन्सिल matrica za umnožavanje stencil stensil stensill stencil 原紙 형지(型紙) trafaretas (vaska) trafarets stensil stencil stensil matryca folha de stencil matriţă восковка rozmnožovacia blana matrica kalup stencil กระดาษไขที่ใช้ในการพิมพ์โรเนียว mumlu kâğıt 蠟紙 восківка مومی کاغذ جس پر لوہے کے قلم سے لکھ کر چھپاءیکی مشین پر چھاپتے ہیں giấy nến
vpast tense, past participle ˈstencilled
to produce (a design, pattern etc) by using a stencil. sjabloonskryf, natrek يَنْقُش على الوَرَقَه لَيَطْبَعَها нанасям шарка с шаблон cyklostylovat stencilere; lave efter skabelon schablonieren αναπαράγω χρησιμοποιώντας στάμπα, πολυγραφώ ðablooni abil tegema با استنسيل تكثير كردن piirtää luotalla marquer au pochoir לְשַכפֵּל בְּסְטֶנסִיל स्टेन्सिल बनाना slikati što pomoću šablone sablonnal átrajzol mencetak prenta með stensli (riprodurre con uno stampino) 謄写する (무늬, 패턴 등을) 스텐실로 박아내다 daryti pagal trafaretą krāsot, lietojot trafaretu menghasilkan cetakan stencilen lage mønster med sjablon znaczyć przez szablon, matrycować estampar a executa după un şablon рисовать узор по трафарету cyklostylovať šablonirati umnožiti kalupom schablonera, stencilera เครื่องหมายด้วยลายฉลุ; ปรุกระดาษ stensille baskı yapmak 用模板印刷,用蠟紙印 робити візерунок за трафаретом بیل بوٹے چھاپنا tạo ra bằng mẫu tô


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