Meanings
- AustraliaNew ZealandUSsometimesuncountableThin plastic film used as a wrap for food, etc.
Wrap each portion in glad wrap and place in freezer.
2011, Patricia Murray-Chute, From Dinosaur to Dynamite: The Secret of Joyful Sex, page 1232 more examples
‘My best one was using a Coles bread cake,’ says Ngareta Rossell. ‘You could cut it in half, take out the centre, put in a phone or charger wrapped in glad wrap, put the top back on and wrap it all up in glad wrap so the guards could see what it was.’
2008, Margot O'Neill, Blind Conscience, page 97Cover with a piece of glad wrap or a large tea towel and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, 1 to 2 hours.
2010, Lukas Volger, Veggie Burgers Every Which Way, page 118Synonyms: clingfilm, Saran Wrap
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThin plastic film used as a wrap for food, etc.
Origin
From Glad Wrap, a trade mark owned by the Union Carbide Corporation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 保鮮膜 /保鲜膜
- 保鮮膜 /保鲜膜 (bǎoxiānmó)thin plastic food wrap
Finnish muovikelmu, pakkausmuovi
- muovikelmuthin plastic food wrap
- pakkausmuovithin plastic food wrap
French film étirable
- film étirablethin plastic food wrap
German Adhäsionsfolie
- Adhäsionsfoliethin plastic food wrap
Japanese 食品用ラップフィルム, ラップフィルム
- 食品用ラップフィルム (shokuhin'yō rappufirumu)thin plastic food wrap
- ラップフィルム (rappufirumu)thin plastic food wrap
Russian пищева́я плёнка
- пищева́я плёнка (piščevája pljónka)thin plastic food wrap
Vietnamese màng bọc thực phẩm
- màng bọc thực phẩmthin plastic food wrap
Cite this entry
glad wrap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glad%20wrap
“glad wrap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glad%20wrap. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glad wrap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glad%20wrap.
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