Meanings
plural masking tapes
- countableuncountableA pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.
Near-synonym: painter's tape (often precisely hyponymous)
Synonyms: painter's tape[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.
More synonyms by meaning
nounadhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan cinta de carrosser, cinta de pintor
- cinta de carrossertape made of a thin paper
- cinta de pintortape made of a thin paper
Chinese Mandarin 紙膠帶 /纸胶带
- 紙膠帶 /纸胶带 (zhǐjiāodài)tape made of a thin paper
Dutch schildersplakband
- schildersplakbandtape made of a thin paper
Estonian maalriteip
- maalriteiptape made of a thin paper
Finnish maalarinteippi
- maalarinteippitape made of a thin paper
French ruban de masquage
- ruban de masquagetape made of a thin paper
German Malerband, Kreppklebeband
- Malerbandtape made of a thin paper
- Kreppklebebandtape made of a thin paper
- Kreppbandtape made of a thin paper
- Malerkreppbandtape made of a thin paper
Irish téip chumhdaigh
- téip chumhdaightape made of a thin paper
Italian nastro adesivo di carta, nastro adesivo in carta
- nastro adesivo di cartatape made of a thin paper
- nastro adesivo in cartatape made of a thin paper
- scotch di cartatape made of a thin paper
Japanese マスキングテープ
- マスキングテープ (masukingu tēpu)tape made of a thin paper
Korean 보호 테이프, 마스킹 테이프
- 보호 테이프 (boho teipeu)tape made of a thin paper
- 마스킹 테이프 (maseuking teipeu)tape made of a thin paper
Polish taśma maskująca, taśma malarska
- taśma maskującatape made of a thin paper
- taśma malarskatape made of a thin paper
Portuguese fita crepe
- fita crepetape made of a thin paper
Russian маля́рная ле́нта, маля́рный скотч
- маля́рная ле́нта (maljárnaja lénta)tape made of a thin paper
- маля́рный скотч (maljárnyj skotč)tape made of a thin paper
Spanish cinta de enmascarar, cinta de carrocero
- cinta de enmascarartape made of a thin paper
- cinta de carrocerotape made of a thin paper
- cinta adhesiva protectoratape made of a thin paper
- tirrotape made of a thin paper
- masking tapetape made of a thin paper
- cinta máskingtape made of a thin paper
- cinta maskingtape made of a thin paper
- másking tapetape made of a thin paper
- cinta de pintortape made of a thin paper
- cinta protectoratape made of a thin paper
- maskingtape made of a thin paper
Swedish maskeringstejp
- maskeringstejptape made of a thin paper
Turkish maskeleme bandı
- maskeleme bandıtape made of a thin paper
Welsh tâp masgio
- tâp masgiotape made of a thin paper
Cite this entry
masking tape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masking%20tape
“masking tape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masking%20tape. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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