sticky-back

A child uses a sticky-back to decorate their school notebook.

Definition

Noun: - A small photograph or picture with adhesive on the back, designed to be stuck onto surfaces.

Usage Examples

• (Small adhesive-backed pictures.)
• (They exchanged small photos with glue on the back.)

Advanced Usage

• "sticky-back album": a book designed to hold such adhesive pictures.
  • He filled his sticky-back album with images of vintage cars. (A collection book for these pictures.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sticky (adj): having the property of adhering to surfaces.
  • The glue made the paper sticky. (Adhesive.)
• Back (n): the rear surface of something.
  • The sticker has a sticky back. (The side with adhesive.)

Synonyms

• Sticker: a sticky label or picture.
• Decal: a design on paper that can be transferred to a surface.
• Adhesive picture: a picture with glue on its reverse side.

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