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DUCT TAPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does duct tape mean?
• DUCT TAPE (noun)
The noun DUCT TAPE has 1 sense:
1. a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses
Familiarity information: DUCT TAPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
duct tape holds the world together
Hypernyms ("duct tape" is a kind of...):
adhesive tape (tape coated with adhesive)
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