Noun A pattern or gauge, such as a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking or the carving of architectural profiles, An overlay that fits over all or part of a keyboard and has labels describing the functions of each key within a particular application, A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects, verb_ To set up or mark off using a template, To provide a template or pattern for