plastic wrap
noun
US
: thin, clear plastic that is used to wrap food or to cover containers that have food in them
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On the opposite end of the oak-dotted lawn, his two-story studio still stands, filled with paintings cloaked in plastic wrap.
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Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025
The large round bowl slipped from my hands, the plastic wrap blew off, and the contents fell into the middle of this aforementioned grassy knoll strip, landing face down with the salad submerged into the grass.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
According to Apeel Sciences, one truckload of cucumbers treated with Apeel and shipped without plastic wrap can eliminate the equivalent of roughly 100,000 plastic straws.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Freeze them until firm, then wrap them individually in plastic wrap.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 28 May 2025
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Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025
The large round bowl slipped from my hands, the plastic wrap blew off, and the contents fell into the middle of this aforementioned grassy knoll strip, landing face down with the salad submerged into the grass.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
According to Apeel Sciences, one truckload of cucumbers treated with Apeel and shipped without plastic wrap can eliminate the equivalent of roughly 100,000 plastic straws.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Freeze them until firm, then wrap them individually in plastic wrap.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for plastic wrap
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“Plastic wrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastic%20wrap. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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