ADHESIVE TAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adhesive tape mean? 

• ADHESIVE TAPE (noun)
  The noun ADHESIVE TAPE has 1 sense:

1. tape coated with adhesive

  Familiarity information: ADHESIVE TAPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADHESIVE TAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tape coated with adhesive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("adhesive tape" is a kind of...):

tape (a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adhesive tape"):

cellulose tape; Scotch tape; Sellotape (transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending)

duct tape (a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses)

friction tape; insulating tape (a water-resistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors)

masking paper; masking tape (adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted)

adhesive plaster; plaster; sticking plaster (adhesive tape used in dressing wounds)