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wrap⋅a⋅round

[rap-uh-round]
–adjective
1. (of a garment) made to fold around or across the body so that one side of the garment overlaps the other forming the closure.
2. extending in a curve from the front around to the sides: a wraparound windshield.
3. of, pertaining to, or arranged under a wraparound mortgage: wraparound financing.
4. all-inclusive; comprehensive: a wraparound insurance plan.
–noun
5. a wraparound object.
6. outsert.
7. Printing. a thin metal, plastic, or rubber plate made flat and then wrapped around a cylinder for printing on a rotary press.
8. word wrap.
9. British. book jacket.
Also, wrap-a⋅round.


Origin:
1965–70; adj., n. use of v. phrase wrap around (something)
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