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See also: Sellotape
English
Etymology
From genericized trademark Sellotape, from cello(phane) + tape. The spelling with S- was to avoid an existing trademark on the word Cellophane itself.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛləteɪp/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
sellotape (countable and uncountable, plural sellotapes)
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Adhesive tape.
- Synonyms: (US) Scotch tape, (Britain, Australia) sticky tape
Translations
adhesive tape — see adhesive tape
See also
Verb
sellotape (third-person singular simple present sellotapes, present participle sellotaping, simple past and past participle sellotaped)
- (transitive, British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To seal with adhesive tape.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 258:
- The door was slightly ajar, with a newspaper cartoon sellotaped to it:
Translations
seal with adhesive tape
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