stencil

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛnsɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛnsəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsəl

Noun

stencil (plural stencils)

1. A thin sheet either perforated or with some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface
2. A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface.
3. A typeface looking as if made by the utensil.^{W:Stencil (typeface)}
4. A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.

Verb

stencil (third-person singular simple present stencils, present participle (UK) stencilling or (US) stenciling, simple past and past participle (UK) stencilled or (US) stenciled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To print with a stencil.

Further reading

• stencil on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• clients, lectins, scilent