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shrink-wrap

shrink-wrap

See also: shrinkwrap

English

Noun

shrink-wrap (plural shrink-wraps)

  1. A plastic film that is used to protect an item and which during application contracts so it tightly enclose it.
  2. The wrapping around an item that has been shrink-wrapped.

Derived terms

Verb

shrink-wrap (third-person singular simple present shrink-wraps, present participle shrink-wrapping, simple past and past participle shrink-wrapped)

  1. To apply shrink-wrap to (an item).
    We spent all day shrink-wrapping boxes and now my feet hurt.