sellotape

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛləteɪp/

Definition of sellotape

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)Adhesive tape.
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noun

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)Adhesive tape.
  2. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable, usually)A brand of adhesive tape (and similar products) similar to Scotch tape (US).

verb

  1. (Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, transitive)To seal with adhesive tape.
    “The door was slightly ajar, with a newspaper cartoon sellotaped to it:”
  2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of sellotape.
    “On one car he Sellotaped the ticket over the windscreen wiper.”
    “He stood on his bed then Sellotaped the mermaid picture on to his wall so she would be the first thing he would see when he woke up.”
    “She Sellotaped the stems back on but they just fell off again.”
    “‘Didn’t they tell you about the pipe leakage problem there?’ ‘Yeah, I Sellotaped it.’ She stared at him. ‘You Sellotaped it?’ ‘Yeah, I just Sellotaped the shit out of it.’”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From genericized trademark Sellotape, from cello(phane) + tape. The spelling with S- was to avoid an existing trademark on the word Cellophane itself.

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