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shrink-wrap

[ shringk-rap ]

verb (used with object)

, shrink-wrapped, shrink-wrap·ping.
  1. to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.


noun

  1. the plastic film used to shrink-wrap something.

shrink-wrap

verb

  1. tr to package (a product) in a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal it


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shrink-wrap1

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

The models, standing in two lines completely still, looked like they were behind shrink wrap.

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