Wrapper

//ˈɹæpɚ// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.

    "Messy trains are horrible, but you can sort of understand passengers leaving their sandwich wrappers and paper cups if there is nowhere to dispose of them."

  2. 2
    a loose dressing gown for women wordnet
  3. 3
    An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.

    "Please to examine, at your leisure, the inner linings of the cuff of his left sleeve, and the several little packages which may be found in the somewhat capacious pockets of his embroidered morning wrapper."

  4. 4
    cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person wordnet
  5. 5
    One who, or that which, wraps.

    "He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels."

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  1. 6
    the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped wordnet
  2. 7
    A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.

    "We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library."

  3. 8
    A startup company that sells technology that it largely does not make. derogatory

Example

More examples

"He took full advantage of the wrapper."

Etymology

From Middle English wrappere, equivalent to wrap + -er.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.