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🧑‍🔧 A person who pastes 🏷️ A sticky label
paster

paster

6.5
A small label with a sticky back that you can stick to things
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪstər/
translation icon : etiqueta adhesiva
  • She placed a paster on each folder to label them clearly.

Examples

  • These pasters are perfect for labeling jars.

  • The envelope had a bright red paster in the corner saying 'URGENT'.

  • Make sure every product has the correct paster before shipping.

  • I need a new paster for my project.

  • She placed a paster on each folder to label them clearly.

  • The envelope had a bright red paster in the corner saying 'URGENT'.

  • These pasters are perfect for labeling jars.

Synonyms

label
vspaster
252 1.0

A piece of paper or cloth attached to an object that gives information about it

refers specifically to an adhesive-backed identification stuck to surfaces
sticker
vspaster
183 1.0

A small sticky picture used to decorate things or show information

serves as a general adhesive information tag rather than decoration
gummed label
vspaster
1 3.7

Small paper sticker with glue on the back that sticks when wet

uses ready adhesive backing to stick without activation

Surface Forms

paster singular
pasters plural

Morphology

paster = paste (semi-transparent) = paste + er

The word is built with the common suffix -er from paste, but the specific sense as an adhesive label is somewhat specialized and less predictable than a straightforward agent noun.

Etymology

Paster comes from the word paste ('soft glue'), and it was used for things you 'paste' on, so a paster is a small sticky label, like a sticker, that you put on a surface.