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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

shrink-wrap

/(shrĭṉk"răp)/ · shrink·-wrap · IPA
01 v. t. to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting wrapping by the applic…
imp. & p. p. shrink-wrapped; p. pr. & vb. n. shrink"wrapping
  1. 1.
    to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting wrapping by the application of heat.
02 n. a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping around objects that …
  1. 1.
    a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack, shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping. Also: shrink-pack, shrinkpack, shrink-wrapping