"gaffer tape" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From gaffer (“lighting electrician”) + tape.",
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      "form": "gaffer tapes",
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        "plural"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tapes",
          "orig": "en:Tapes",
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      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "duct tape"
        },
        {
          "word": "duck tape"
        },
        {
          "word": "gaff tape"
        },
        {
          "word": "gray tape"
        }
      ],
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        "A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by stage lighting electricians."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gaffer's tape"
        },
        {
          "word": "gaffers tape"
        }
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izolirband",
          "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "изолирбанд"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiāobù",
          "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "膠布 /胶布"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "specialised terms",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diànqì jiāodài",
          "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
          "word": "電器膠帶 /电器胶带"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "juéyuán jiāodài",
          "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
          "word": "絕緣膠帶 /绝缘胶带"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
          "word": "roudarinteippi"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
          "word": "szigetelőszalag"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izolenta",
          "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
          "word": "изолента"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gaffatejp"
        }
      ],
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        "en:gaffer tape"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaffer tape"
}

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      "word": "duct tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "duck tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaff tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "gray tape"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gaffer (“lighting electrician”) + tape.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gaffer's tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaffers tape"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izolirband",
      "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изолирбанд"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāobù",
      "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "膠布 /胶布"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "specialised terms",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànqì jiāodài",
      "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
      "word": "電器膠帶 /电器胶带"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juéyuán jiāodài",
      "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
      "word": "絕緣膠帶 /绝缘胶带"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
      "word": "roudarinteippi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
      "word": "szigetelőszalag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izolenta",
      "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
      "word": "изолента"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sturdy adhesive tape",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gaffatejp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaffer tape"
}