STENCIL

Stencil

A stencil is a thin sheet of material, such as paper, plastic, or metal, with letters or a design cut from it, used to produce the letters or design on an underlying surface by applying pigment through the cut-out holes in the material. The key advantage of a stencil is that it can be reused to repeatedly and rapidly produce the same letters or design. The design produced with a stencil is also called a stencil. The context in which stencil is used makes clear which meaning is intended. Although aerosol or painting stencils can be made for one-time use, typically they are made to be reusable. To be reusable, they must remain intact after a design is ...

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stencil

Noun

  1. A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface.
  2. A typeface looking as if made by the utensil.

Verb

  1. To print with a stencil.


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