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noun
Adhesive tape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: Scotch tape, sticky tape
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A brand of adhesive tape (and similar products) similar to Scotch tape (US).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: Scotch tape, sticky tape
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To seal with adhesive tape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Alternative letter-case form of sellotape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cellulose tape, Scotch tape
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adhesive tape
verb
fasten or attach with sellotape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: scotch tape
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tape
History
From genericized trademark Sellotape, from cello(phane) + tape. The spelling with S- was to avoid an existing trademark on the word Cellophane itself.
Brand name, from cellophane tape. The first letter was changed to avoid infringing the then-extant trademark on cellophane.
Across languages
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