sellotape
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Sellotape™ — Ⅰ. Sellotape™ UK US /ˈseləʊteɪp/ noun [U] UK TRADEMARK ► also US Scotch tape™, sticky tape) a long thin strip of sticky and usually transparent material that is sold in a roll and used for joining together things such as paper or card: »I stuck… … Financial and business terms
sellotape — [sel′ō tāp΄] [also S ] Brit. n. 〚< Sellotape, a Brit trademark〛 a thin, transparent cellulose or plastic adhesive tape vt. sellotaped, sellotaping to fasten or seal with this tape * * * … Universalium
Sellotape — Brit. ► NOUN trademark ▪ transparent adhesive tape. ► VERB ▪ fasten or stick with Sellotape. ORIGIN from an alteration of CELLULOSE(Cf. ↑cellulosic) + TAPE(Cf. ↑tape) … English terms dictionary
sellotape — [sel′ō tāp΄] [also S ] Brit. n. [< Sellotape, a Brit trademark] a thin, transparent cellulose or plastic adhesive tape vt. sellotaped, sellotaping to fasten or seal with this tape … English World dictionary
Sellotape® — /selˈə tāp/ (also without cap) noun (a brand of) usu transparent adhesive tape transitive verb To stick with Sellotape … Useful english dictionary
Sellotape — 1949, proprietary name, Great Britain … Etymology dictionary
Sellotape — Infobox Company company name = Sellotape company company type = Public genre = foundation = 1930s, United Kingdom founder = location city = Winsford, Cheshire location country = United Kingdom location = products = Sellotape, other adhesive… … Wikipedia
Sellotape — [[t]se̱ləteɪp[/t]] Sellotapes, Sellotaping, Sellotaped 1) N UNCOUNT Sellotape is a clear sticky tape that you use to stick paper or card together or onto a wall. [BRIT, TRADEMARK] (in AM, use Scotch tape) 2) VERB If you Sellotape one thing to… … English dictionary
sellotape — UK [ˈseləˌteɪp] / US verb [transitive] Word forms sellotape : present tense I/you/we/they sellotape he/she/it sellotapes present participle sellotaping past tense sellotaped past participle sellotaped British to stick things together using… … English dictionary
Sellotape — Sel|lo|tape [ˈseləteıp, lou US lə , lou ] n [U] trademark BrE thin clear plastic tape that is sticky on one side, used for sticking things together ▪ a roll of Sellotape >sellotape v [T] … Dictionary of contemporary English
Sellotape — noun (U) BrE trademark sticky thin clear material in a long narrow length that is used for sticking things together; scotch tape AmE: a roll of sellotape sellotape verb (T) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
