🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

nastro adesivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈnastro adeˈziːvo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tape/teɪp/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1850 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ho usato il nastro adesivo per chiudere la scatola."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A narrow strip of material, typically adhesive, used for binding or fastening objects together.

    "She used adhesive tape to seal the cardboard moving box securely."
As verb
  1. 1

    To fasten, attach, or cover something with a narrow strip of adhesive material.

    "Please tape the poster to the classroom wall."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English tæppe meaning a narrow strip of cloth or ribbon, stemming from Proto-Germanic *tappon. Over centuries, the meaning expanded from woven strips to adhesive bands and later magnetic recording media.

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