Definitions
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- noun UK
Adhesive tape . - verb transitive, UK To
seal something withadhesive tape .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fasten or attach with sellotape
- noun transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending
Etymologies
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Examples
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I still jot things down on scrappy bits of paper and but I either transfer them into the notebook if they they’re getting me somewhere (sellotape is useful) or throw them out straight away.
6 Pieces Of Paper To Boost Your Programming : KillerCodingNinjaBunny
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I was going to say that there's always the Brit term "sellotape", but it turns out that's a brand name as well.
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I was going to say that there's always the Brit term "sellotape", but it turns out that's a brand name as well.
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Take note -- the UK chose to shun real investment and made a string and sellotape netorking system which is massively overcharged for Only BTs solution of multiplexing over copper wire saved the last 8 years in the UK from being an internationsl networking joke.
How Cumbria's village halls are pioneering a hi-tech revolution | Rory Stewart
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Linda, from the Scottish RSPB, managed to free it using kitchen scissors and sellotape.
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Sad at the prospect of future American Idols being held together by the sellotape-and-string charisma of Kara DioGuardi.
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I've decided I'm going to do small puzzles (fabric on pelmet vilene) inside a clear pocket, which will fasten somehow (I'm actually thinking something basic like a piece of sellotape) in the post.
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Just like if you had to sellotape back together a pair of aviators, looses the cool.
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But my copy of the final book, the Last Battle (circa early 1960s, previously owned by my mother and held together by love and sellotape) contained an illustration that until I was about 10, I had to cover with one hand while I read the facing page as quickly as possible.
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Solution: buy fan; sellotape receipt to it; after a year, take it home.
arby commented on the word sellotape
aka Scotch tape in the U.S. - transparent tape in a small form, as opposed to packing tape which is larger.
October 4, 2007
arby commented on the word sellotape
One of my favorite of J. K. Rowling's neologisms is Spellotape - genius!
October 4, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word sellotape
Wow, I always thought this was spelled cellotape!
December 1, 2007