plastic wrap

noun

1. a very thin, transparent sheet of plastic, usually packaged in rolls and often having the ability to cling to other substances, used especially to wrap and store food and for microwave cooking.

Example Sentences

Mr Botero’s firm, an “innovation company”, has designed the paint to be removable – once dry, you can peel it off like plastic wrap.

From BBC

But with four games to go in the regular season, and the Dodgers’ division lead back up to three games, they can get the champagne bottles and plastic wrap ready.

From Los Angeles Times

As for packaging, foods in plastic containers had the highest levels of perchlorate, averaging nearly 54 ppb, followed by foods in plastic wrap and paperboard.

From Salon

In the video, the boy is seen shoeless, walking away — wearing torn socks with his ankles wrapped in bloody duct tape and plastic wrap — but turns back when Clarkson answers the door.

From Seattle Times

Mama is holding a plate covered in plastic wrap.

From Literature

Related Words

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