Meanings
wrapping1
plural wrappings
- 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 ...
1918, Folklore Society (Great Britain), Publications - communicationsThe 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
Synonyms: line breaking, line wrapping, text wrapping, word wrapping
wrapping2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wrap
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe breaking of a section of text into lines so that it will fit into the available width of a display area.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
wrapping · noun
- Middle Englishwrappinge
- Englishwrapping
From Middle English wrappinge, wrappynge, equivalent to wrap + -ing.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →wrapping · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian опаковка
- опаковка (opakovka)material in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
Finnish kääre
- käärematerial in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
French enveloppe, emballage
- enveloppematerial in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
- emballagematerial in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
Hebrew עֲטִיפָה
- עֲטִיפָה ('atifá)material in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
Japanese ラップ
- ラップ (rappu)material in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
Korean 랩
- 랩 (raep)material in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
Russian упако́вка, обёртка
- упако́вка (upakóvka)material in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
- обёртка (objórtka)material in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
Spanish embalaje, envoltorio
- embalajematerial in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
- envoltoriomaterial in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
Swedish emballage
- emballagematerial in which something is wrapped — see also packaging
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wrapping
All rhymes →Cite this entry
wrapping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrapping
“wrapping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrapping. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrapping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrapping.
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