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contact paper

American  

noun

  1. Photography. sensitized paper on which a contact print is made.

  2. an adhesive-backed paper or paperlike product, used to line shelves, decorate surfaces, etc.


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Shelf inserts in the kitchen cabinets were green and covered with turquoise contact paper, so she took off the paper and covered them with white paint.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2024

“Use contact paper to change the look of kitchen flooring, counters, backsplash and even cabinets,” Fletchall says.

From Washington Post Apr. 5, 2022

Temporary wallpaper, not the kind applied with paste, offers the ease and flexibility of old-fashioned contact paper, with the look, feel and design of traditional wallpaper.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2018

That sheet was then placed on a mirror or plate of glass; on top went a sheet of special contact paper, and then a further sheet of normal paper.

From The Guardian Feb. 11, 2017

I look at a blue glitter dot that got stuck under the contact paper.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

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