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Plural of stencil

regular plural

The plural of stencil is stencils.

Forms of stencil

Singularstencil /ˈstɛnsɪl/
Pluralstencils
Countablecountable

Stencils in a sentence

  • He did not know the significance of the stencils.2016 July 11, Calla Wahlquist, “Banksy stencils destroyed by construction workers in Melbourne”, in The Guardian
  • Gilbert Gels 29, said the four students had painstakingly rummaged in dust boxes until they found the discarded stencils used to mimeograph the examinations.1954 January 28, The Record, Emerald Hill, Vic, page 1, column 3. From the entry dustbox

Meaning of stencil

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A pattern produced using such a utensil.
  3. noun A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.

Full definition of stencil

Questions about the plural of stencil

What is the plural of stencil?
The plural of stencil is stencils.
Is stencil countable?
Stencil is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stencil (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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