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stenciled

stenciled is the simple past and past participle of stencil.

Meaning of stencil

Verb

stencil (third-person singular simple present stencils, present participle (US) stenciling or (UK) stencilling, simple past and past participle (US) stenciled or (UK) stencilled)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To print with a stencil.
    • Stencilled letters were used for words and phrases, as well as for captions for some of his stencil “prints,” print being used in the sense of a multicolor woodcut.2015, William Addison Dwiggins, edited by Dorothy Abbe, Stencilled Ornament and Illustration, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 53

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Questions about stenciled

What is stenciled the simple past and past participle of?
Stenciled is the simple past and past participle of stencil.

Words near stenciled in the dictionary

  1. stencil buffer
  2. stencil buffers
  3. stencil duplicator
  4. stencil duplicators
  5. stencil work
  6. stenciled
  7. stenciler
  8. stencilers
  9. stenciling
  10. stencilings
  11. stencilled

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