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What (who) is shrink wrap - definition

POLYMER USED TO BUNDLE BOXES ON A PALLET FOR TRANSPORT
Shrink-wrap; Shrink wrapping; Shrinkwrap; Shrink film; Shrinkwrapping; Shrink-wrapped
  • Shrink wrapped ball of twine
  • A machine designed to continuously wrap up to 35 packets per minute
  • Shrink film wrap being applied on a soft drink packing line
  • Shrink wrapped pack of bottles with ends (bulls eyes) as handles
  • Shrink wrapped helicopters for transport
  • Grocery vegetables wrapped with a plastic shrink film.

shrink-wrapped         
A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
...a shrink-wrapped cassette.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Shrink wrap         
Shrink wrap, also shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film. When heat is applied, it shrinks tightly over whatever it is covering.
shrink wrap         
¦ noun clinging transparent plastic film used to enclose an article as packaging.
¦ verb (shrink-wrap) enclose in shrink wrap.

Wikipedia

Shrink wrap

Shrink wrap, also shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film. When heat is applied, it shrinks tightly over whatever it is covering. Heat can be applied with a handheld heat gun (electric or gas), or the product and film can pass through a heat tunnel on a conveyor.

Examples of use of shrink wrap
1. Then there‘s the cost of the shrink–wrap that surrounds the dirt bags on the wooden pallets.
2. It hasn‘t been "limited," or made "finite" by being broken out of its shrink wrap and plugged into a sentence as a predicate verb.
3. Elections ain‘t that kind of thing." San Diego‘s Seiler said she was forced to shrink–wrap 10,200 machines after Secretary of State Debra Bowen banned the devices, saying they were susceptible to fraud.
4. Probably not,‘‘ Conway said at an event sponsored by the Center for a New American Security. Wrap them in shrink wrap and put them in asphalt somewhere is about the best thing that we can describe at this point.