'Stencil' definitions:
Definition of 'stencil'
(from WordNet)
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
verb
Mark or print with a stencil
Definition of 'Stencil'
From: GCIDE
- Stencil \Sten"cil\, n. [Probably from OF. estincelle spangle, spark, F. ['e]tincelle spark, L. scintilla. See Scintillate, and cf. Tinsel.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stencil'
From: GCIDE
- Stencil \Sten"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stenciledor Stencilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stenciling or Stencilling.] To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stencil'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- abstraction,
- albertype,
- altarpiece,
- block print,
- book printing,
- cameography,
- cartoon,
- chalk,
- charcoal,
- chromotypography,
- chromotypy,
- chromoxylography,
- collage,
- collotype,
- color,
- color print,
- color printing,
- copy,
- crayon,
- crosshatch,
- cyclorama,
- dash off,
- daub,
- decal,
- decalcomania,
- delineate,
- depict,
- design,
- diagram,
- diptych,
- doodle,
- draft,
- draw,
- electronography,
- electrostatic printing,
- engraving,
- fresco,
- glass printing,
- graphic arts,
- gravure,
- halftone engraving,
- hatch,
- history of printing,
- icon,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- image,
- job printing,
- letterpress,
- letterpress photoengraving,
- likeness,
- limn,
- line engraving,
- lithography,
- lithogravure,
- lithophotogravure,
- mimeograph,
- miniature,
- monotype,
- montage,
- mosaic,
- mural,
- offset,
- offset lithography,
- onset,
- paint,
- paint a picture,
- palaeotypography,
- panorama,
- pencil,
- photo-offset,
- photochemical process,
- photoengraving,
- photogelatin process,
- photograph,
- photographic reproduction,
- photography,
- photolithography,
- phototypography,
- phototypy,
- photozincography,
- picture,
- picturize,
- planographic printing,
- planography,
- portray,
- print,
- printing,
- printmaking,
- publication,
- publishing,
- relief printing,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- rotary photogravure,
- rotogravure,
- scratch,
- scumble,
- serigraphy,
- shade,
- sheetwork,
- sketch,
- stained glass window,
- still life,
- tableau,
- tapestry,
- three-color printing,
- tint,
- trace,
- triptych,
- two-color printing,
- typography,
- typolithography,
- wall painting,
- wood-block printing,
- xerography,
- xeroprinting,
- xylotypography,
- zincography