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shrink-wrap

[shringk-rap] verb, -wrapped, -wrap⋅ping, noun
–verb (used with object)
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
2. the plastic film used to shrink-wrap something.
Also, shrinkwrap, shrink-pack, shrink⋅pack [shringk-pak] .


Origin:
1965–70
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shrinkwrap

verb
wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling; "shrinkwrap the CDs" 
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