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shrink-wrap
[ shringk-rap ]
verb (used with object)
, shrink-wrapped, shrink-wrap·ping.
- 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
- the plastic film used to shrink-wrap something.
shrink-wrap
verb
- 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.
From The Daily Beast
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