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overwrapper

overwrapper noun: a machine that wraps a packaged item in a secondary outer wrapping.

Noun

overwrapper (plural overwrappers)

  1. A machine that wraps a packaged item in a secondary outer wrapping.
    • When the overwrapper starts again, instead of cartons being transferred to a shelf they flow through to the overwrapper once more.2012, Jeffrey H. Hooper, Confectionery Packaging Equipment, page 166

Forms of overwrapper

pluraloverwrappers

Origin of overwrapper

From overwrap + -er.

Questions about overwrapper

What does overwrapper mean?
Overwrapper means a machine that wraps a packaged item in a secondary outer wrapping.
What part of speech is overwrapper?
Overwrapper is a noun.
What is the plural of overwrapper?
The plural of overwrapper is overwrappers.

Words near overwrapper in the dictionary

  1. overworshipping
  2. overworships
  3. overwound
  4. overwrap
  5. overwrapped
  6. overwrapper
  7. overwrappers
  8. overwrapping
  9. overwrappings
  10. overwraps
  11. overwrapt

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