Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sheet, as of plastic or cardboard, in which a desired lettering or design has been cut so that ink or paint applied to the sheet will reproduce the pattern on the surface beneath.
- noun The lettering or design produced with such a sheet.
- noun The process of printing with such a sheet.
- transitive verb To mark with a stencil.
- transitive verb To produce by stencil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To mark out or paint by means of a stencil.
- noun A door-post; a stanchion.
- noun A thin plate or sheet of any substance in which a figure, letter, or pattern is formed by cutting through the plate.
- noun The coloring matter used in marking with a stencil-plate.
- noun In ceramics, a preparation laid upon the biscuit to keep the oil used in transfer-printing or enameling from adhering to the surface; hence, the pattern traced by this preparation, reserving a panel or medallion of the unaltered color of the biscuit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also
stencil plate . - transitive verb To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface. - noun A
typeface looking as if made by the utensil.W - verb transitive, intransitive To print with a stencil.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A stencil is a template created by removing sections of transparent plastic sheet or piece of cardboard in the form of an image (or text) creating a physical negative.
Graffiti: the wry humor of Mexico City street stencil art 2009
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A stencil is a template created by removing sections of transparent plastic sheet or piece of cardboard in the form of an image (or text) creating a physical negative.
Graffiti: the wry humor of Mexico City street stencil art 2009
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The "Carnal!!!" stencil is ubiquitous in Mexico City's Coyoacan district.
The "Carnal!!!" stencil is ubiquitous in Mexico City's Coyoacan district. © Anthony Wright, 2009 2009
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A child plays with a toy, depicted in stencil grafitti art by the Mother Monkey Collective of Mexico City.
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Most modern art aficionados know that if mysterious British artist Banksy didn't create the urban world's love affair with quirky riddles in stencil art on public walls, then he certainly spearheaded its emergence into light — at least from a broader (if somewhat bemused and undecided) public's point of view.
Graffiti: the wry humor of Mexico City street stencil art 2009
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Most modern art aficionados know that if mysterious British artist Banksy didn't create the urban world's love affair with quirky riddles in stencil art on public walls, then he certainly spearheaded its emergence into light — at least from a broader (if somewhat bemused and undecided) public's point of view.
Graffiti: the wry humor of Mexico City street stencil art 2009
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Those two pieces may have needed the extra protection: A single bidder won Wool's 1989 untitled stencil work for $1.8 million, just over its $1.5 million low estimate before fees.
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The stencil is the support of many men who otherwise might have become useful citizens, shoemakers, tailors, policemen, or vice-presidents.
Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890
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Because of this stencil, which is from James Tuck, Walter's father, who was in Boort only in the 1880s:
Museum Blogs 2010
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A stencil is a form of template used to draw or paint identical shapes and ...
unknown title 2009
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