1. A sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
   "She used a stencil to paint a border around the room"

1. Mark or print with a stencil
   "The artist stenciled the pattern onto the wall"

Derived forms: stenciling, stenciled, stencils, stencilling, stencilled

Type of: flat solid, print, sheet

Encyclopedia: Stencil