wrapper

B1 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˈræp.ɚ/ UK /ˈræp.ə/ See IPA manual

Freq #19754

Meanings

1

noun
paper, plastic, or another material folded around an object to cover or protect it

He dropped the empty sandwich wrapper into the bin.
2

noun
a loose outer garment or dressing gown, especially one worn by a woman; now dated

She pulled a white wrapper around her shoulders before answering the door.
3

noun
a software layer that provides a simpler or different interface to another program or component

The team wrote a small wrapper around the older library.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · paper, plastic, or another... wrapping covering wrap

2 noun · a loose outer garment or... wrapdressing gownrobe

3 noun · a software layer that... interface layeradapter

Word family

Forms wrappers

Related forms wrap package container

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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dust wrapper
a removable paper cover that protects a book and often carries promotional text

Noun + noun

Etymology

From wrap + the agent or instrument suffix -er, with a Middle English predecessor wrappere. The garment and covering senses both name something that wraps; the computing sense extends that protective or enclosing function metaphorically.

Topics

Materials & Substances Register & Style

External links

# wrapper

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈræp.ɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈræp.ə/
**Frequency rank:** 19754

## Meanings
1. paper, plastic, or another material folded around an object to cover or protect it
2. a loose outer garment or dressing gown, especially one worn by a woman; now dated
3. a software layer that provides a simpler or different interface to another program or component

## Examples
- He dropped the empty sandwich wrapper into the bin.
- She pulled a white wrapper around her shoulders before answering the door.
- The team wrote a small wrapper around the older library.

## Synonyms
- wrapping
- covering
- wrap
- dressing gown
- robe
- adapter

## Related Forms
- wrap
- package
- container

## Etymology
From wrap + the agent or instrument suffix -er, with a Middle English predecessor wrappere. The garment and covering senses both name something that wraps; the computing sense extends that protective or enclosing function metaphorically.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances
- Register & Style

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