stencil
Plural: stencils
Noun
- 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
- A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.
- A pattern produced using such a utensil.
- A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.
Verb
Verb Forms: stenciled, stenciling, stencils, stencilled, stencilling
- To mark or produce with a stencil.
- mark or print with a stencil
- To print with a stencil.
Examples
- She could stencil out a victory if she played her remaining high-value letters carefully.
Origin / Etymology
Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”).
The verb is from the noun.
Scrabble Score: 9
stencil: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstencil: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stencil: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary