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DUCT TAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does duct tape mean? 

DUCT TAPE (noun)
  The noun DUCT TAPE has 1 sense:

1. a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other usesplay

  Familiarity information: DUCT TAPE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DUCT TAPE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

duct tape holds the world together

Hypernyms ("duct tape" is a kind of...):

adhesive tape (tape coated with adhesive)


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