post-it

1. 1.

   brand name for a slip of notepaper that has an adhesive that allows it to stick to a surface and be removed without damaging the surface

   Broadernotepaper

Questions about post-it

What does post-it mean?

post-it means "brand name for a slip of notepaper that has an adhesive that allows it to stick to a surface and be removed without damaging the surface".

How many syllables are in post-it?

post-it has 2 syllables: po-st-it. The stress falls on "po".

Is post-it a common word?

post-it 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.