wrapper
/ˈrapə
/noun
1A piece of paper, plastic, or foil covering and protecting something sold or for sale: a sweet wrapper cellophane wrappers...
- There are no bins and a few pieces of fast-food wrappers; sweet papers and bottles are the main offenders.
- When bringing the hunt out to the backyard, foil wrappers will protect the eggs from dirt and debris, allowing for fun as well as a sanitary outdoor hunt.
- Cigarettes began being sold in Britain in the 1850s, initially just sold in paper wrappers.
Synonyms
cover, wrapping, covering, packaging, paper;
jacket, dust jacket, binding, sheath, sheathing
1.1A cover enclosing a newspaper or magazine for posting.Stamps were attached to the wrapper of the newspaper and couriers were hired to deliver Court to subscribers....
- And the title, suddenly revealed, stares out at me from beneath the cellophane wrapper of the cover.
- Maybe you could start sending the magazine out in a plain brown wrapper.
1.2The dust jacket of a book.If teens today feel they have time only to log on to the net and cyber chat, then they are not only shutting their minds off, but also loosing a lot of the rich heritage bound in between the wrappers of the books....
- Several months ago, our Conservation Services Division was asked to design a book wrapper for the use of the Princeton University Library.
1.3chiefly North American A tobacco leaf of superior quality enclosing a cigar.Prior to the turn of the century, the Corojo wrapper was the predominant wrapper tobacco used when rolling the famous Cuban brands....
- They may only shop for a certain wrapper or they only buy cigars that cost $4.
2North American A loose robe or gown: she put a wrapper over her nightdress...
- The grand boubou (big boubou) consists of a gown worn over a shirt and trousers for men, and over a wrapper with a head-scarf for women.
- We use cloth gowns, drapes, and wrappers at our facility, and the laundering of our linen is contracted to on outside laundry service.
- She reached into the diminutive pocket located near the bodice of her wrapper, and procured a set of metallic keys hanging from a rather large gold ring.
Synonyms
housecoat, bathrobe, dressing gown, robe, negligee, kimono;
French peignoir, robe de chambre
