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Word entry · 7 letters

stencil

Best crossword clue

"Cutout pattern for paint"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɛnsɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceilnstStarts with SEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. mark or print with a stencil

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • You do not necessarily need to have a stencil brush to paint over a stencil.
  • Stencilled letters were used for words and phrases, as well as for captions for some of his stencil “prints,” print being used in the sense of a multicolor woodcut.

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