: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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The translucent finish gives the decals a gem-like quality that’s just stunning.
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Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
In addition, the machines must have a certificate of registration,registration decals and a trail permit sticker.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2025
Smooth the decal from the center outward with your hand or a smoothing tool.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
The warm shade is offset quite nicely by a black grain vinyl hardtop, a white eBay decal across the top of the windshield, and chrome trim.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
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Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
In addition, the machines must have a certificate of registration,registration decals and a trail permit sticker.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2025
Smooth the decal from the center outward with your hand or a smoothing tool.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
The warm shade is offset quite nicely by a black grain vinyl hardtop, a white eBay decal across the top of the windshield, and chrome trim.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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a shortened form of earlier decalcomania "the art of transferring pictures," from French décalcomanie (same meaning), from décalquer "to copy by tracing" and manie "mania, craze"
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