From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwrappingwrap‧ping /ˈræpɪŋ/ noun [countable, uncountable] DHCOVERthe cloth, paper, or plastic that is wrapped around something to protect it I finally managed to get the plastic wrapping off.
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wrapping• Buy teddy bear wrapping paper for decorations.• Dry each foot by wrapping it in a towel and squeezing all over.• Coins rattled in the tray's money-compartment, then Frankie felt his hands close around the chilly wrapping of a choc-ice.• He was sitting on the floor among the cracker wrappings and the crumbs, his shoulders shaking, his eyes tight shut.• Thaw frozen meat in its wrappings in the refrigerator and cook it as soon as possible after thawing.• No such wrapping is detectable with the truncated enzymes. 