shrink-wrap
verb
ˈshriŋk-ˌrap 
especially Southern ˈsriŋk-
shrink-wrapped; shrink-wrapping; shrink-wraps
: to wrap (something, such as a book or a piece of meat) in tough clear plastic film that is then shrunk (as by heating) to form a tightly fitting package
shrink-wrap
noun
Examples of shrink-wrap in a Sentence
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Every day, people interact with various forms of food packaging, from shrink-wrap to plastic takeout containers.
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Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Vinyl itself is made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a plastic polymer, and often comes wrapped in single-use plastic shrink-wrap.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Billie Eilish recently spoke with Billboard about her decision to use 100% recycled vinyl, plus recycled scraps for colored variants and shrink-wrap packaging made from sugar cane, materials that Audiodrome is also using.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024
After getting the money from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.N. flies shrink-wrapped $100 bills to the Kabul International Airport.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024
This method follows the lead of thinner skinned English cucumbers, which are shrink-wrapped in plastic.
—Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
The heat from the hair dryer essentially shrink-wraps the film to the window frame.
—Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
These attitudes toward the human body seem echoed even in the way meat is presented to us in supermarket freezers: filleted and shrink-wrapped, so that any trace of its anatomical origin is erased.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
The low-voltage wires and parts were also tacked onto acrylic, individually crimped, and heat shrink-wrapped.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2023
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Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Vinyl itself is made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a plastic polymer, and often comes wrapped in single-use plastic shrink-wrap.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Billie Eilish recently spoke with Billboard about her decision to use 100% recycled vinyl, plus recycled scraps for colored variants and shrink-wrap packaging made from sugar cane, materials that Audiodrome is also using.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024
After getting the money from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.N. flies shrink-wrapped $100 bills to the Kabul International Airport.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024
This method follows the lead of thinner skinned English cucumbers, which are shrink-wrapped in plastic.
—Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
The heat from the hair dryer essentially shrink-wraps the film to the window frame.
—Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
These attitudes toward the human body seem echoed even in the way meat is presented to us in supermarket freezers: filleted and shrink-wrapped, so that any trace of its anatomical origin is erased.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
The low-voltage wires and parts were also tacked onto acrylic, individually crimped, and heat shrink-wrapped.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2023
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“Shrink-wrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrink-wrap. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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