Stencil
noun
1.
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
2.
the letters, designs, etc., produced on a surface by this method.
verb (used with object), stenciled, stenciling or (especially British) stencilled, stencilling.
3.
to mark or paint (a surface) by means of a stencil.
4.
to produce (letters, figures, designs, etc.) by means of a stencil.
noun
1.
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.
a decoration, design, or characters produced in this way
verb (transitive) -cils, -cilling, -cilled (US) -cils, -ciling, -ciled
3.
to mark (a surface) with a stencil
4.
to produce (characters or a design) with a stencil
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