stencil
verb/ˈstensl/
/ˈstensl/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stencil | /ˈstensl/ /ˈstensl/ |
| he / she / it stencils | /ˈstenslz/ /ˈstenslz/ |
| past simple stencilled | /ˈstensld/ /ˈstensld/ |
| past participle stencilled | /ˈstensld/ /ˈstensld/ |
| (North American English also) past simple stenciled | /ˈstensld/ /ˈstensld/ |
| (North American English also) past participle stenciled | /ˈstensld/ /ˈstensld/ |
| -ing form stencilling | /ˈstenslɪŋ/ /ˈstenslɪŋ/ |
| (North American English also) -ing form stenciling | /ˈstenslɪŋ/ /ˈstenslɪŋ/ |
- stencil (something) to make letters or a design on something using a stencilTopics Artc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from earlier stansel ‘ornament with various colours’ (based on Latin scintilla ‘spark’).
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