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adhesive tape

A tape lined on one side with an adhesive.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

adhe′sive tape`

tape coated with an adhesive substance, as for holding a bandage in place.

[1930–34]

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Noun

adhesive tape - tape coated with adhesive

cellulose tape, Scotch tape, Sellotape - trademark transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending

duct tape - a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses; "duct tape holds the world together"

friction tape, insulating tape - a water-resistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors

masking paper, masking tape - adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted

adhesive plaster, sticking plaster, plaster - adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

tape - a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening; "he used a piece of tape for a belt"; "he wrapped a tape around the package"

Translations

papier collant

nastro adesivo

lepilni trak

adhesive tape

n → Klebstreifen m

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