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adhesive tape

noun

cotton or other fabric coated with an adhesive substance, used for covering minor injuries on the skin, holding a bandage in place, etc.

First recorded in 1930–34

If throw rugs slide underfoot, remove them or stick them to the floor with adhesive tape so they won’t move.

Take a piece of adhesive tape and apply it to the “lead” of a pencil.

The turnbuckles must now be generously greased, and served round with adhesive tape.

He lay upon the floor of Hooven's house, bare to the waist, bandages of adhesive tape reeved about his abdomen and shoulder.

The bridge is provided with spray-cloths made from white adhesive tape, as outlined in Chapter 9.

Small brass brads are driven into the top of the pilot-house, and white adhesive tape is placed on the brads, as pictured.

He pressed a pad of gauze against the wound, and secured it with adhesive tape.

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