wrap
- noun
- /ræp/
- Mummy wore a blue silk dress and wrap, which did not please Daddy.
- a wrap dress
This is a puff sleeve wrap front skater dress.
- This is a puff sleeve wrap front skater dress.
- Wool look, wrap front coat and wrap front coat.
- Or we could even call this a wrap scarf thing part.
- So this one has kind of like the faux wrap, like Tulip looking hem.
Examples
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From the bright-patterned wrap, he knew even at a distance that it was a woman.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'd take a wrap if I were you, our desert nights are cool.
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But I have to get my wrap.
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I'll bring a wrap out for you in a minute.
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This is a nice Terry cloth head wrap from Star Skin.
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Well, mrs. Murchison had on a brocade wrap.
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This is a puff sleeve wrap front skater dress.
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Emily was wearing her mother's second-best evening wrap, a white lapin cape which, on Emily, swept the ground.
Fiction book (1996) -
An Amazigh woman from the Anti-Atlas region wears an indigo-dyed wrap-around garment held together by fibulae at her shoulders.
Academic text (2006) -
She wrapped herself in a warm wrap as she stepped outside into the chilly evening air.
Synonyms
A warm piece of clothing with sleeves worn outside
Things you wear to cover your body
An item of clothing that covers the body
A sleeveless piece of clothing that fastens at the neck and hangs over the shoulders
A loose outer coat that fastens at the neck and hangs down the back
A loose piece of clothing like a robe to wear for warmth or modesty
A coat or dress you close by crossing it around your body and tying it
A brand name for a blanket with sleeves worn at home to keep warm
A piece of clothing like a coat worn over other clothes for warmth or protection
A long coat with a hood that you pull over your head
Idioms
Compounds
A soft plastic sheet with many small air bubbles that stops fragile things from breaking when you pack them
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wrap for a shawl or cloak comes from the same old idea of 'folding' or 'draping' cloth around the body. That's why a wrap is a piece of fabric you put around your shoulders to keep warm or to finish an outfit.