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electrical tape

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

noun

  • electrical tapes
    plural
  1. an adhesive tape used to insulate electrical wiring.


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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

The works he had been making since 1962 weren’t exactly photogenic, assembled from modest materials like translucent plastic scrim, solid planes of color or black electrical tape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

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

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

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