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wrap-around

wrap-around is the alternative form of wraparound.

Meaning of wraparound

Adjective

wraparound (not comparable)

  1. Designed to be wrapped around the body and tied.
  2. (usually, sunglasses and eyeglasses lenses) Extending around a corner or bend.
  3. Serving to surround or bookend something else.
    • Ushers announced movie showtimes from the moment the A picture started because the wraparound material was simply not the main attraction.1999, Thomas Schatz, Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s, page 397

See all 11 meanings of wraparound

Synonyms of wrap-around

Forms of wrap-around

pluralwrap-arounds

Origin of wrap-around

From wrap + around.

Questions about wrap-around

What is wrap-around the alternative form of?
Wrap-around is the alternative form of wraparound.

Words near wrap-around in the dictionary

  1. wrap parties
  2. wrap party
  3. wrap service
  4. wrap services
  5. wrap up
  6. wrap-around
  7. wrap-round
  8. wrap-up
  9. wrap-ups
  10. wraparound
  11. wraparound care

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wrap-around (page history and authors); wraparound (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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