shrinkwrap

IPA: ʃrˈɪŋkrˈæp

noun

  • A protective wrapping made from clear plastic film that is shrunk onto an object by heat

verb

  • To wrap an article in shrinkwrap.

shrink wrap

IPA: ʃrˈɪŋkræp

Root Word: Shrink wrap

noun

  • Shrink wrap, also shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film.
  • a polymer plastic film which shrinks tightly over whatever it is covering when heated, commonly used as an overwrap for packaging.

shrink-wrap

IPA: ʃrˈɪŋkrˈæp

noun

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

verb

  • To apply shrink-wrap to (an item).

Examples of "shrinkwrap" in Sentences

  • By analogy with shrinkwrap license.
  • You have to look on the packaging shrinkwrap and see if it lists it.
  • A sticker placed on the plastic shrinkwrap of a CD is not a reliable source.
  • Another option is snakeskins camo kit (available from Cabelas), its basically a shrinkwrap for your gun.
  • Unlike shrinkwrap agreements which are included in the package with the purchased product and available to the purchaser only after opening the package.
  • A new algorithm written by Marchesini called "shrinkwrap" converges on the diffraction data through subsequent iterations, and finally distinguishes and subtracts the support from the sample image.
  • Everyone — Davis and Rob hailing cabs, Sophia texting on her BlackBerry, Andrew, Billy — begins to shrivel like shrinkwrap around a frozen slab of meat until they morph into scowling four-foot dwarfs.
  • While I might've been happy to take home a CD of the record, I found myself enticed by a sticker on the LP version indicating that inside the shrinkwrap was a unique code entitling me to a free download of the same album, in high-bitrate MP3 format.

Examples of "shrink-wrap" in Sentences

  • That is less than typical Apple Store shrink-wrap prices.
  • Sealed Air's products include Bubble Wrap package cushioning and Cryovac fresh-food shrink-wrap.
  • Small firms typically buy basic clerical and accounting software in shrink-wrap boxes and run them on a company computer.
  • You can put an old tea pot and an odd tea cup in a basket of "easter grass", add an old book, shrink-wrap it, and put a price tag on it.
  • Merck has responded by switching from shrink-wrap to plastic or cardboard trays for incoming vials for a majority of its products, Mr. Robinson said.
  • A trail of his-and-hers clothing lay on the floor beside five-pound bright yellow dumbbells propped up next to a Tae Bo tape that was still in its original plastic shrink-wrap.
  • If you look behind the shrink-wrap on the ground, roasts, chops, and filets at the grocery store, you will discover that 83 percent of beef, 4 out of every 5 beef cattle, is processed by four companies, and 66 percent of pork is processed by four companies.

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