wraparound

UK: /ˈræpəˌraʊnd/ US: /ˈræpəˌraʊnd/ ,(rap′ə round′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

wrap•a•round /ˈræpəˌraʊnd/   adj. 

1. Clothing (of a garment) that is made to wrap around the body so that one side of the fabric overlaps the other, making for a full-length opening.
2. stretching in a curve from the front around to the sides:
   a wraparound windshield.
3. including everything or a great deal;
   all-inclusive;
   comprehensive:
   a wraparound insurance plan.

n. [countable]

4. Clothing a wraparound object, garment, etc.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

wrap•a•round  (rap′ə round′), adj. 

1. Clothing (of a garment) made to fold around or across the body so that one side of the garment overlaps the other forming the closure.
2. extending in a curve from the front around to the sides:
   a wraparound windshield.
3. Banking, Business of, pertaining to, or arranged under a wraparound mortgage:
   wraparound financing.
4. all-inclusive;
   comprehensive:
   a wraparound insurance plan.

n. 

5. Clothing a wraparound object.
6. Printing outsert.
7. Printing a thin metal, plastic, or rubber plate made flat and then wrapped around a cylinder for printing on a rotary press.
8. Computing See word wrap. 
9. Printing, British Terms [Brit.] See book jacket. 

Also, wrap′-a•round′. 

• adjective, adjectival, noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase wrap around (something) 1965–70

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wraparound / ˈræpəˌraʊnd/ noun

1. another name for word wrapping

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wrapround / ˈræpˌraʊnd/, wraparound / ˈræpəˌraʊnd/ adjective

1. made so as to be wrapped round something: a wrapround skirt
2. surrounding, curving round, or overlapping
3. curving round in one continuous piece: a wrapround windscreen

noun

1. a flexible plate of plastic, metal, or rubber that is made flat but used wrapped round the plate cylinder of a rotary press
2. Also called: outsert a separately printed sheet folded around a section for binding
   Sometimes shortened to: wrap
3. a slip of paper folded round the dust jacket of a book to announce a price reduction, special offer, etc
4. another name for wrapover