WRAPPER


Meaning of WRAPPER in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ candy ( AmE ), candy-bar ( AmE ), chewing-gum , chocolate ( esp. BrE ), chocolate-bar ( esp. BrE ), gum , sweet ( BrE )

▪ food

▪ Cellophane™ , foil , paper , plastic

▪ plain

The book arrived in a plain brown ~.

▪ empty

VERB + WRAPPER

▪ remove , take off , tear off

▪ discard , drop , throw away , toss ( esp. AmE )

He dropped the gum ~ on the floor.

WRAPPER + VERB

▪ litter sth

Chocolate bar ~s littered the floor.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~ , on a/the ~

There was a list of ingredients on the ~.

▪ out of a/the ~

She took the chocolate bar out of the foil ~.

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