wrap
/ræp/ noun [C or U]Definition
› paper, cloth, or other material that is used to cover something: The company decided to serve hamburgers in wraps made mainly of paper. foil/plastic wrap
keep sth/be under wraps › informal to keep something secret or to be secret: The firm kept its troubles under wraps.
take the wraps off sth › to make something that was secret known to other people or the public: Apple took the wraps off the new model of the iMac yesterday.
→ See also bubble wrap, gift wrap, shrink-wrap(Definition of wrap noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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