adhesive tape
noun
: tape coated on one side with an adhesive mixture
especially
: one used for covering wounds
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Right now, the team is being shakily held together with baling wire, adhesive tape and paper clips.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
Or: taping a large cabbage leaf to one’s knee with adhesive tape.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Depositing graphene at low temperature Graphene was first isolated in 2004, when researcher separated sheets of graphene by pulling them off graphite chunks with adhesive tape.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
If pricked by their poisonous spikes, the National Park Service recommends using adhesive tape for removal to prevent them from getting stuck elsewhere on the body.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
Or: taping a large cabbage leaf to one’s knee with adhesive tape.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Depositing graphene at low temperature Graphene was first isolated in 2004, when researcher separated sheets of graphene by pulling them off graphite chunks with adhesive tape.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
If pricked by their poisonous spikes, the National Park Service recommends using adhesive tape for removal to prevent them from getting stuck elsewhere on the body.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for adhesive tape
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“Adhesive tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adhesive%20tape. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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