<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.</li><li>The letters, designs, etc., produced on a surface by this method.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>To mark or paint (a surface) by means of a stencil.</li><li>To produce (letters, figures, designs, etc.) by means of a stencil.</li></ul>