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Scotch tape

[ skoch teyp ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand name for various transparent or semitransparent adhesive tapes made chiefly of cellulose acetate or cellophane, for sealing, attaching, mending, etc.


verb (used with object)

Scotch-taped or Scotch taped, Scotch-taping or Scotch taping.
  1. Usually Scotch-tape []. to fasten or mend with Scotch tape.

Scotch tape

noun

  1. a transparent or coloured adhesive tape made of cellulose or a similar substance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Their rotation, however, continues to be held together by Scotch tape.

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The Olympics used red cinder until 1968 and the Mexico City games, which instead featured a polyurethane "Tartan" track, so-called because 3M, which made it, also made Scotch tape.

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The nature of the van der Waals forces between layers allows researchers to use Scotch tape to peel the layers into atomic thickness.

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It’s a messy patchwork that has been assembled over decades, and is held together with the digital equivalent of Scotch tape and bubble gum.

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Nearby, Scotch tape labels with red marker identify the contents of a stainless steel hot water dispenser, one on top of the other — “LEITE,” “LECHE,” “MILK.”

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