"tearstrip" meaning in All languages combined

See tearstrip on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tearstrips [plural]
Etymology: From tear + strip. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tear|strip}} tear + strip Head templates: {{en-noun}} tearstrip (plural tearstrips)
  1. A strip of material designed to be torn to open a package.
    Sense id: en-tearstrip-en-noun--GpMRiEd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office",
          "text": "[…] a ridge portion on the lower end of the cap engages a rib on the container so that the cap cannot be removed without tearing off a tearstrip formed by the ridge and the lower portion of the cap skirt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Pira Packaging Abstracts, volume 31, page 420",
          "text": "A mechanism which can be fitted on to any existing L-sealer or sleeve-sealer shrinkwrapping unit can be used to incorporate a coloured tearstrip to facilitate easier pack opening.",
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