decal
UK/ˈdiː.kæl/US/ˈdiːkæl/
decal noun: a design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
Noun
decal (plural decals)
- A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
- A decorative sticker.
- Decorating each alienation, each species of withdrawal, as cufflink, decal, aimless doodling, there was somehow always the post horn.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 91
- But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war.1971, John Prine, “Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore”, in John Prine
- A texture overlaid on another texture to provide extra details.
Verb
decal (third-person singular simple present decals, present participle (US) decaling or (UK) decalling, simple past and past participle (US) decaled or (UK) decalled)
- To apply decals to.
decal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
decal in Hindi
- डेकल, डीकल, डिकल
decal in Tamil
- டெக்கால், டெக்கால் செய்ய, டெக்கல் செய்ய
decal in Marathi
- डेकल, डिकल, डीकल
decal in Urdu
- ڈیکل, ڈیکال, ڈیکل کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- decal in Bengali
- ডেকাল, ডিক্যাল, ডিকাল
- decal in Telugu
- డెకాల్, డెకల్, డీకాల్
- decal in Malayalam
- ഡെക്കൽ, ഡെക്കാൽ, ഡെക്കൽ ചെയ്യാൻ
- decal in Kannada
- ಡೆಕಲ್, ಡೆಕಾಲ್, ಡೀಕಾಲ್ ಮಾಡಲು
- decal in Punjabi
- ਡੀਕਾਲ, ਡੀਕਲ, ਡੀਕਾਲ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- decal in Gujarati
- ડેકલ, ડિકલ, ડીકલ
- decal in Odia
- ଡେକାଲ୍, ଡିକାଲ୍, ଡିକାଲ
- decal in Nepali
- डेकल, डिकल, डिकाल
Forms of decal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | decals |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | decals |
| present participle US | decaling |
| present participle UK | decalling |
| past participle US | decaled |
| past US | decaled |
| past participle UK | decalled |
| past UK | decalled |
Origin of decal
Clipping of decalcomania.
Questions about decal
- What does decal mean?
- Decal means a design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
- What is decal in Hindi?
- Decal in Hindi is डेकल, डीकल, डिकल. See Decal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is decal?
- Decal can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce decal?
- Decal is pronounced /ˈdiː.kæl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of decal?
- The plural of decal is decals.
Words near decal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: decal (page history and authors); decal (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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