"cling film" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklɪŋˌfɪlm/ [UK] Forms: cling films [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cling film (countable and uncountable, plural cling films)
  1. (British, rarely Philippines) A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc. Tags: British, Philippines, countable, rare, uncountable Synonyms: clingfilm Synonyms (plastic film that clings): plastic wrap, Saran Wrap [US] Related terms: Saran Wrap Translations (plastic film that clings): huishoudfolie [feminine] (Dutch), muovikelmu (Finnish), elmukelmu (Finnish), film étirable [masculine] (French), filme [masculine] (Galician), Frischhaltefolie [feminine] (German), Adhäsionsfolie [feminine] (German), Plastikfolie [feminine] (German), folpack (english: genericized trademark) (Hungarian), scannán cumhdaithe [masculine] (Irish), тағамдық қабықша (tağamdyq qabyqşa) (Kazakh), plastfolie [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), plastfolie [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), пищевая плёнка (piščevaja) [feminine] (Russian), film estirable [masculine] (Spanish), plastfolie (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc."
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        "(British, rarely Philippines) A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc."
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "huishoudfolie"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "plastic film that clings",
          "word": "muovikelmu"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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          "word": "scannán cumhdaithe"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tağamdyq qabyqşa",
          "sense": "plastic film that clings",
          "word": "тағамдық қабықша"
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          "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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          "roman": "piščevaja",
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          "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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      "word": "Frischhaltefolie"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scannán cumhdaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tağamdyq qabyqşa",
      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
      "word": "тағамдық қабықша"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "plastfolie"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "piščevaja",
      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "пищевая плёнка"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "plastic film that clings",
      "word": "plastfolie"
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