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decals

/ˈdiːkælz/

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Canada/ˈdɛkəlz/

decals is the plural of decal.

Meaning of decal

Noun

decal (plural decals)

  1. A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
  2. (US) 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
  3. A texture overlaid on another texture to provide extra details.

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Words that rhyme with decals

Questions about decals

What is decals the plural of?
Decals is the plural of decal.
How do you pronounce decals?
Decals is pronounced /ˈdiːkælz/.

Words near decals in the dictionary

  1. decalogue
  2. decalogues
  3. decalogy
  4. decalone
  5. decalones
  6. decals
  7. decalumen
  8. decamer
  9. decameric
  10. decameride
  11. decamerides

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