"shrink-wrap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shrink-wraps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shrink-wrap (countable and uncountable, plural shrink-wraps)
  1. A plastic film that is used to protect an item and which during application contracts so it tightly enclose it. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (plastic film that is used to protect an item): ŝrumpfolio (Esperanto), Schrumpffolie [feminine] (German), zsugorfólia (Hungarian), fólia (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-shrink-wrap-en-noun-PMpOZumC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 17 5 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 17 4 43 Disambiguation of 'plastic film that is used to protect an item': 84 16
  2. The wrapping around an item that has been shrink-wrapped. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (wrapping around a shrink-wrapped item): retractilació [feminine] (Catalan), ŝrumpfolio (Esperanto), Schrumpffolienverpackung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-shrink-wrap-en-noun-BEZdUssz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 17 5 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 17 4 43 Disambiguation of 'wrapping around a shrink-wrapped item': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shrinkwrap license

Verb

Forms: shrink-wraps [present, singular, third-person], shrink-wrapping [participle, present], shrink-wrapped [participle, past], shrink-wrapped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} shrink-wrap (third-person singular simple present shrink-wraps, present participle shrink-wrapping, simple past and past participle shrink-wrapped)
  1. To apply shrink-wrap to (an item).
    Sense id: en-shrink-wrap-en-verb-de-8bGva
  2. (paleontology) To reconstruct an extinct creature known from its fossils by depicting it with minimal soft tissue, this results in a thinner and less accurate representation of the creature.
    Sense id: en-shrink-wrap-en-verb-4FTuoWvG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 15 6 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 11 6 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 17 5 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 17 4 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 19 11 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 29 17 8 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 17 9 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 17 10 46 Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences

Inflected forms

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