wrapping

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/

Definition of wrapping

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The material in which something is wrapped.
    “Cattle are shot with stones and can only be cured by a "fairy dart" or ancient stone arrowhead. These objects are kept in numerous wrappings by every properly qualified "fairy doctor," who rub[s] them on the sick beasts with appropriate charms ...”
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noun

  1. The material in which something is wrapped.
    “Cattle are shot with stones and can only be cured by a "fairy dart" or ancient stone arrowhead. These objects are kept in numerous wrappings by every properly qualified "fairy doctor," who rub[s] them on the sick beasts with appropriate charms ...”
  2. The breaking of a section of text into lines so that it will fit into the available width of a display area.
    “See also: autowrap, backwrap, line break, word wrap, and wraparound”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of wrap

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Etymology

From Middle English wrappinge, wrappynge, equivalent to wrap + -ing.

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