duct tape

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   a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses

   “duct tape holds the world together”

   Broaderadhesive tape

Questions about duct tape

What does duct tape mean?

duct tape means "a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses".

Is duct tape a common word?

duct tape is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.