: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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Use decals or screens to make windows visible and reduce bird strikes.
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Brandi D. Addison, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
The last day that California drivers with a CAV decal will be able to drive on a carpool lane will be September 30—no matter when the decal was issued.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Some people take all the components off the frame, strip off all the decals, then get the whole thing sanded and powder-coated with a fresh coat of paint.
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
Now, his teammates will continue to remember him by wearing his jersey number as a decal on their uniforms.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Brandi D. Addison, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
The last day that California drivers with a CAV decal will be able to drive on a carpool lane will be September 30—no matter when the decal was issued.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Some people take all the components off the frame, strip off all the decals, then get the whole thing sanded and powder-coated with a fresh coat of paint.
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
Now, his teammates will continue to remember him by wearing his jersey number as a decal on their uniforms.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decal
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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a shortened form of earlier decalcomania "the art of transferring pictures," from French décalcomanie (same meaning), from décalquer "to copy by tracing" and manie "mania, craze"
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