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wrapper
/ˈɹæpɚ/
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What does wrapper mean?
noun
- Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.
- An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.
- One who, or that which, wraps.
More meanings (2)
noun
- A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.
- (derogatory) A startup company that sells technology that it largely does not make.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹæpɚ/
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The pages of my poor friend’s Journal are waiting for you at my house—sealed up, with your name on the wrapper.
Mary had slipped on a woolen wrapper before she left her room and she put a piece of it between his fingers.
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Every other part is contained in the general wrapper, formed of thick, compact white satin, difficult to break and impervious to moisture.
She took off her wrapper without even taking the trouble to turn her back to Jurgis, and put on her corsets and dress.
Dairyman Crick, who was there with the rest, his wrapper gleaming miraculously white against a leaden evening sky, suddenly looked at his heavy watch.