cellophanedadj.
/ˈsɛləfeɪnd/, U.S. /ˈsɛləˌfeɪnd/ Wrapped in cellophane. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped > wrapped in specific material
matted1758
sheeted1766
wire-wrapped1860
towelled1920
burlapped1927
cellophaned1927
poly-wrapped1965
shrink-wrapped1970
bubble-wrapped1985
1927 Times 8 Jan. 12/6 Chocolates (assorted)... Packed in white and gold box. Ribboned and cellophaned.
1937 C. Gauss in W. B. Shaw University between Two Cent. 69 We are always likely..to imagine that the truth..can be effectively manufactured and done up in separate sterilized, cellophaned parcels.
1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit i. 14 The white-faced addicts of a patent, cellophaned future.
1990 A. Munro Friend of my Youth 106 He found her penned behind rows of cellophaned shirts.
2003 W. Gibson Pattern Recognition iv. 27 But the Starbucks..is not yet open. A boy, inside, wrestles huge plastic trays of cellophaned pastries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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