: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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Her pointer finger and thumb were painted with a translucent color for a nude illusion, with a small gold circle on the pointer and a 3D decal on her thumb.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Jan. 2025
This is essential to ensure the print or pattern of the decal will be straight, as the counter/cabinet edge is likely not a completely straight line.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
Smooth the decal from the center outward with your hand or a smoothing tool.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
After someone slapped a Ram decal to the top of it, fans and TV cameras began picking up on him, earning Obregon familiarity following the move to SoFi Stadium.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Jan. 2025
This is essential to ensure the print or pattern of the decal will be straight, as the counter/cabinet edge is likely not a completely straight line.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
Smooth the decal from the center outward with your hand or a smoothing tool.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
After someone slapped a Ram decal to the top of it, fans and TV cameras began picking up on him, earning Obregon familiarity following the move to SoFi Stadium.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 18 Apr. 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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