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/ˈstɛnsɪl/ · noun
A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet..
You do not necessarily need to have a stencil brush to paint over a stencil.
In 2013 a damaged stencil of a rat and an image of a girl hugging a bomb were painted over on the walls of a Fitzroy church by the building owner’s father-in-law, who tried to help out by painting the building while house sitting. He did not know the significance of the stencils.
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.
Use stencil when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stencil means A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet..
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You do not necessarily need to have a stencil brush to paint over a stencil.
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