decal
verbEtymology Clipping of decalcomania.
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To apply decals to.
decal
nounUK /ˈdiː.kæl/ · AU, CA, US /ˈdiːkæl/
Etymology Clipping of decalcomania.
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A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
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US A decorative sticker.
- Decorating each alienation, each species of withdrawal, as cufflink, decal, aimless doodling, there was somehow always the post horn.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 91:
- But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war.1971, John Prine, “Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore”, in John Prine:
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Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A texture overlaid on another texture to provide extra details.