OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34011

stencil

/ˈstɛnsɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estarcido • esténcil • plantilla
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.
You do not necessarily need to have a stencil brush to paint over a stencil.
estarcido
A pattern produced using such a utensil.
In 2013 a damaged stencil of a rat and an image of a girl hugging a bomb were painted over on the walls of a Fitzroy church by the building owner’s father-in-law, who tried to help…
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