wrapverb [ T ]
uk/ræp/us/ræp/-pp-B1 to cover or surround something with paper, cloth, or other material:
B2 to cover someone with a piece of material in order to protect them:
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- Take your purchases to the sales clerk, and he will wrap them for you.
- Once wrapped, the gross weight of the package is 2 kg.
- The package was wrapped in plain brown paper.
- She came downstairs after her shower, wrapped in a towel.
- His head was wrapped in swathes of bandages.
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- surround
- swallow
- wall sth off
- wound 1
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
- wrapped
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Phrasal verb(s)
wrapnoun
uk/ræp/us/ræp/wrap noun (FOOD)
[ C ] a sandwich made with one piece of very thin bread that is folded around a filling
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Sandwiches & snacks
- BLT
- butty
- canapé
- club sandwich
- corn chips
- crisp
- finger chip
- gorp
- hero
- hoagie
- jam sandwich
- melt
- open sandwich
- open-faced sandwich
- popcorn
- pork scratchings
- potato chip
- submarine sandwich
- toasty
- tortilla chip
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wrap noun (COVERING)
[ U ] material that is used to cover or protect objects:
[ C ] a loose piece of clothing that is worn tied around the body:
[ C ] a long piece of cloth that a woman wears around her shoulders to keep her warm or for decoration:
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Coverings and layers
- a blanket of sth idiom
- blanket
- casing
- cladding
- coating
- fur
- gilt
- layer
- lime
- lined
- lining
- mantle
- mat
- membrane
- rendering
- slick
- tier
- topcoat
- undercoat
- veneer
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