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Sellotape

British  
/ ˈsɛləˌteɪp /

noun

  1. a type of transparent adhesive tape made of cellulose or a similar substance

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verb

  1. (tr) to seal or stick using adhesive tape

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Example Sentences

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He gifted her and her siblings a cheap "little perfume", wrapped with "so much Sellotape, you couldn't get into it".

From BBC

"Everything was held together with Sellotape and string initially."

From BBC

"Whoever was doing the packaging had stuck a nylon bag over one end, another nylon bag over another end, and then used Sellotape to kind of make some sort of Christmas cracker."

From BBC

Moody adds that even though "we've gone bigger" the show "hasn't lost the silliness of small theatre" and "is still being held together with Pritt Stick and Sellotape."

From BBC

It looked like my old school shirt when I petted our dog, before my mother wrapped her hand in Sellotape and pulled the fur from the white cotton.

From The New Yorker