a thin, transparent cellulose or plastic adhesive tape
Origin of sellotape
from Sellotape, British trademark, altered from cellulose + -o- + tapetransitive verb
-·taped·, -·tap·ing to fasten or seal with this tape
sellotape
sel·lo·tapeWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present sellotapes, present participle sellotaping, simple past and past participle sellotaped)
Origin
From Sellotape.
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