wrapper

noun

wrap·per ˈra-pər

Synonyms of wrapper next

: that in which something is wrapped: such as

: a tobacco leaf used for the outside covering especially of cigars

b(1)

: jacket sense 3c(1)

(2)

: the paper cover of a book not bound in boards

: a paper wrapped around a newspaper or magazine in the mail

: one that wraps

: an article of clothing worn wrapped around the body

Examples of wrapper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Streep’s Loretta is a perpetually out-of-work actress who gets by as a professional gift wrapper. —

Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023 Leave the turkey in its wrapper, and put breast side down in your container with enough cold water to cover the turkey completely. —

Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2023 Like Alabama and Auburn, two-time defending national champion Georgia looked sluggish taking the wrapper off its new passer. —

Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2023 That was followed by 1.7 million food wrappers and 1.6 million plastic water bottles. —

Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023 Mia and Lucy had leaped out of the van, their snack wrappers strewn across the floor and seats. —

Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023 The Maine Department of Environmental Protection released draft rules for regulating nine types of PFAS chemicals in food packaging, such as picnic plates, fast food wrappers, and take-out containers. —

Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2023 Also worth a try are the not-so-Italian chicken avocado rolls, which include bacon, tomato and mozzarella cheese fried in an egg-roll wrapper. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023 In one image from a year into the experiment, a green twist tie peeks from behind an eco-thrift tag for a $0.25 miscellaneous item; from another view of the melange, a pop of primary color from a balloon fragment or wrapper. —

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