1. (n.)stencil a thin sheet of cardboard or other material in which letters, numbers, designs, etc., have been cut out so that they can be reproduced on another surface when ink, paint, or the like is applied over the cutout areas.
2. stencil the letters, designs, etc., produced.
3. (v.t.)stencil to mark or paint (a surface) by means of a stencil.
4. stencil to produce (letters, designs, etc.) by means of a stencil.
Etymology: (1375–1425; earlier stanesile, late ME stanselen to ornament with diverse colors < MF estanceler, der. of estencele a spark < VL *stincilla, metathetic var. of L scintilla spark)
Definition of 'stencil'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)stencil a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
2. (verb)stencil mark or print with a stencil
Definition of 'stencil'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)stencil a thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate
2. (verb)stencil to mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil
Sense: a thin piece of metal or card in which a design etc has been cut which can be reproduced on another surface, eg paper, by printing or inking over the metal etc.
Definitions of stencil 
Afrikaans: sjabloon
Arabic: رَقيقَة مَعْدَنِيَّه للطّ
Bulgarian: шаблон
Brazilian: carimbo
Czech: šablona
German: die Schablone
Danish: skabelon
Greek: φύλλο ή μεταλλική πλάκα μ
Estonian: ðabloon
Farsi: كاغذ مومي
Finnish: sabloni
French: pochoir
Hebrew: סְטֶנסִיל
Hindi: स्टेन्सिल
Croatian: šablona za slikanje
Hungarian: sablon
Indonesian: cetakan
Icelandic: stensill
Italian: stampino
Japanese: 型板
Korean: 스텐실, 형판(型板)
Lithuanian: matrica,šablonas
Latvian: šablons; trafarets (uzrak
Malay: cetakan
Dutch: sjabloon
Norwegian: sjablon
Polish: szablon
Persian: كاغذ مومي
Pashto: قالب، سټنسل، دچاپ قالب
Portuguese: estampilha
Romanian: şablon
Russian: трафарет, шаблон
Slovak: šablóna
Slovenian: šablona
Serbian: šablon
Swedish: schablon
Thai: ลายฉลุ
Turkish: stensil
Taiwanese: 模板
Ukrainian: трафарет; шаблон
Urdu: چربہ
Vietnamese: khuôn tô
Chinese: 模板
