Stencil (stencilled, stencilling) (original) (raw)

Irregular inflected forms: stencilled , stencilling

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stencil" is a kind of...):

flat solid; sheet (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)

Derivation:

stencil (mark or print with a stencil)

II. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mark or print with a stencil

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "stencil" is one way to...):

print (make into a print)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stencil (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)

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