Sellotape vs. Tape

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  • Sellotape

    Sellotape () is a British brand of transparent, polypropylene-based, pressure-sensitive tape, and is the leading brand in the United Kingdom. Sellotape is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching and mending.

    The term has become a genericised trademark in Britain and a number of other countries where it is sold. The term is also used much in the same way that Scotch Tape came to be used in Canada and the United States in referring to any brand of clear adhesive tape.

Wikipedia
  • Sellotape (noun)

    Adhesive tape.

  • Sellotape (verb)

    To seal with adhesive tape.

  • Tape (noun)

    Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

    “Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.”

  • Tape (noun)

    Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.

    “After the party there was tape all over the place.”

  • Tape (noun)

    Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

    “Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.”

  • Tape (noun)

    Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.

    “Did you get that on tape?”

  • Tape (noun)

    Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.

  • Tape (noun)

    An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.

    “Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.”

  • Tape (noun)

    The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.

    “Don’t fight the tape.”

  • Tape (noun)

    The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick

    “His pass was right on the tape.”

  • Tape (verb)

    To bind with adhesive tape.

    “Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.”

  • Tape (verb)

    To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.

    “You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.”

  • Tape (verb)

    To understand, figure out.

    “I’ve finally got this thing taped.”

Wiktionary
  • Sellotape (noun)

    transparent adhesive tape.

  • Sellotape (verb)

    fasten or stick with transparent adhesive tape

    “there was a note sellotaped to my door”

  • Tape (noun)

    a narrow strip of material, typically used to hold or fasten something

    “a reel of tape”

    “a dirty apron fastened with thin tapes”

  • Tape (noun)

    a strip of paper or plastic coated with adhesive and sold in a roll, used to stick things together

    “double-sided sticky tape”

    “secure the bandage with tape”

  • Tape (noun)

    a strip of material stretched across the finishing line of a race, to be broken or dislodged by the winner.

  • Tape (noun)

    a strip of material used to mark off an area or form a notional barrier.

  • Tape (noun)

    a tape measure.

  • Tape (noun)

    long, narrow flexible material with magnetic properties, used for recording sound, pictures, or computer data

    “they put four songs on tape”

  • Tape (noun)

    a cassette or reel containing magnetic tape for recording

    “he inserted a tape in the recorder”

  • Tape (noun)

    a recording on a cassette or reel

    “a tape of a radio talk”

  • Tape (verb)

    record (sound or pictures) on audio or video tape

    “it is not known who taped the conversation”

  • Tape (verb)

    fasten or attach (something) with adhesive tape

    “a note taped to the fridge”

  • Tape (verb)

    seal or mark off an area or thing with tape

    “they taped off an area round the scene of the explosion”

Oxford Dictionary

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