wrap

/ræp/ n [C/U]

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› a piece of clothing that a person, esp. a woman, wears around the shoulders to keep warm or as a stylish addition to a suit, coat, etc.: [C] a silk/woolen wrap › Wrap is material that is used to cover or protect something, such as food: [U] Put some plastic wrap around the leftover meat.

(Definition of wrap n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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