: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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Depending on the material, T-shirts can easily wrinkle and often require ironing, but be careful (or avoid altogether) ironing any decals on the T-shirt.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
This example is finished in Apple Red and has a gold Typhoon decal on the doors and trunk lid.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
The Occupant with Autism program involves using decals and a registration system that allows first responders to know people with autism live in homes or are driving or riding in vehicles.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
If your hoodie can be thrown in the washing machine, turn it inside out before washing it to protect the outer fabric and any decals.
—Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
This example is finished in Apple Red and has a gold Typhoon decal on the doors and trunk lid.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
The Occupant with Autism program involves using decals and a registration system that allows first responders to know people with autism live in homes or are driving or riding in vehicles.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
If your hoodie can be thrown in the washing machine, turn it inside out before washing it to protect the outer fabric and any decals.
—Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decal
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 17 May. 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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