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wrapping papers

wrapping papers is the plural of wrapping paper.

Meaning of wrapping paper

Noun

wrapping paper (countable and uncountable, plural wrapping papers)

  1. Paper used for wrapping parcels (in this case, often brown) or presents (in this case, often colourful/colorful and decorative).
    • Difficulties are arising from the use of wrapping paper from which the old addresses have not been removed. Clearly addressed labels will help the Railways to deliver your parcels quickly.1940 December, “ADDRESS IT CLEARLY”, in Railway Magazine, page iv, advertisement by the British Railways
    Synonyms:
    paper

Questions about wrapping papers

What is wrapping papers the plural of?
Wrapping papers is the plural of wrapping paper.

Words near wrapping papers in the dictionary

  1. wrapping one's arms around
  2. wrapping one's brain around
  3. wrapping one's head around
  4. wrapping one's mind around
  5. wrapping paper
  6. wrapping papers
  7. wrapping up
  8. wrapping-up
  9. wrappings
  10. wrapple
  11. wrappt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wrapping papers (page history and authors); wrapping paper (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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