electrical tape

American  

[i-lek-trik-uhl tayp] / ɪˈlɛk trɪk əl ˈteɪp /

noun

plural

electrical tapes

1. an adhesive tape used to insulate electrical wiring.

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Example Sentences

Sometimes, the group said, it would see vehicles with no plates, or plates blacked out with electrical tape, or temporary paper plates that just so happened to tear off in the wind.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

And she used electrical tape to cover the lights on the electronics, “otherwise it would have looked like a flashing Christmas egg.”

From New York Times • May 16, 2023

The Steam Deck has its own electrical tape already; the new bits would go just underneath the circle on the left.

From The Verge • Apr. 28, 2022

Tattered electrical tape held together the brass rail, and Jimmy had left behind his old equipment — suture scissors, adrenaline and Vaseline — in a briefcase.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2021

There was an oldfashioned drugstore there with a black marble counter and chrome stools with tattered plastic seats patched with electrical tape.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy