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bubble-wrap

bubble-wrap is the alternative form of bubble wrap.

Verb

bubble-wrap (third-person singular simple present bubble-wraps, present participle bubble-wrapping, simple past and past participle bubble-wrapped)

  1. (transitive) To cover in bubble wrap.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To excessively protect or shelter someone or something.

Meaning of bubble wrap

Noun

bubble wrap (countable and uncountable, plural bubble wraps)

  1. Cushioning material consisting of small spheres of air trapped in plastic, sold on long rolls for tearing off, and used as packaging for fragile items.

Forms of bubble-wrap

Noun
pluralbubble-wraps
Verb
third-person singular presentbubble-wraps
present participlebubble-wrapping
past participlebubble-wrapped
pastbubble-wrapped

Questions about bubble-wrap

What does bubble-wrap mean?
Bubble-wrap means to cover in bubble wrap.
What is bubble-wrap the alternative form of?
Bubble-wrap is the alternative form of bubble wrap.
What part of speech is bubble-wrap?
Bubble-wrap is a verb.
What is the past tense of bubble-wrap?
The past tense of bubble-wrap is bubble-wrapped.

Words near bubble-wrap in the dictionary

  1. bubble-headed
  2. bubble-heads
  3. bubble-pink
  4. bubble-up
  5. bubble-ups
  6. bubble-wrap
  7. bubble-wrapped
  8. bubble-wrapping
  9. bubble-wraps
  10. bubbleable
  11. bubbled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bubble-wrap (page history and authors); bubble wrap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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