sticky-backed plastic

noun

Thin, soft, coloured plastic in large sheets that are sticky on one side.

“For today's make, you'll need a good sheet of blue sticky-backed plastic, a pen and a washing-up bottle.”

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contact paper
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Meanings

nounsticky-backed plastic (uncountable)

alternative sticky-back plastic

  1. IrelandUKuncountableThin, soft, coloured plastic in large sheets that are sticky on one side.

    For today's make, you'll need a good sheet of blue sticky-backed plastic, a pen and a washing-up bottle.

    Synonyms: contact paper

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThin, soft, coloured plastic in large sheets that are sticky on one side.

Similar
contact paper

Origin

British television show Blue Peter invented the term due to its policy against using commercial terms on-air. The commercial term for the product was Fablon.

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Translations

Finnish kontaktimuovi
  • kontaktimuovilarge sheet of plastic
French film plastique
  • film plastiquelarge sheet of plastic
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APA

sticky-backed plastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticky-backed%20plastic

MLA

“sticky-backed plastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticky-backed%20plastic. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sticky-backed plastic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticky-backed%20plastic.

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