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wraparound

wraparound

3 4.8
Going all the way around something to cover every side
  • adjective
  • /ˈræpəˌraʊnd/
translation icon : envolvente
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  • wraparound services
  • wraparound process
  • wraparound plan

Examples

  • The stone-and-wood structure was predominantly glass: large picture windows and sliding doors leading out to the wraparound veranda.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Maximum protection is provided by goggle-style or wraparound sunglasses that also provide side protection.

    Academic text (1998)
  • I opened the front door, and as I went outside, I put on the wraparound sunglasses.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Two commercial furnaces were destroyed, and a wraparound deck is about to fall.

    Blog text (19)
  • A nice two-story on the beach with a wraparound veranda.

  • Older guys, some with women on their arms, sat at tufted wraparound banquettes along one wall.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The Las Vegas Strip shone in towering neon through wraparound windows.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The hotel has a beautiful wraparound balcony that gives guests a panoramic view of the ocean.

  • They installed a wraparound fence around the garden to keep the animals out.

  • Her new house features a spacious wraparound deck that surrounds the entire living area.

Synonyms

circumferential
vswraparound
1 9.3

Around the outer edge of something, like a road around a city

extends fully around to cover, not only staying near the outer edge
enveloping
vswraparound
4.3

Surrounding something on all sides and covering it completely

focuses on extending all the way around to cover rather than inward closing
surrounded
vswraparound
2.7

A person or place with people and things all around

emphasizes the action of extending around to cover rather than being static confinement
encircled
vswraparound
3.9

Surrounded on all sides by other things, often with no easy way out

highlights continuous extension around to cover rather than simple presence around
encircling
vswraparound
4.0

Surrounding something on all sides like a ring

stresses full coverage by extending around rather than merely forming a circle
encompassing
vswraparound
4.7

Surrounding something on all sides

is about going all the way around to cover rather than only making a boundary
circumambient
vswraparound
9.9

Surrounding a place or object on all sides

focuses more on the continuous action of extending around to cover completely
circumferent
vswraparound
9.9

Surrounding something on all sides, like walls around a town

is more about complete extension around to cover rather than just close circling
allover
vswraparound
4.8

Covers the whole surface of something like a dress or wall

applies to physical extension around an object rather than surface pattern coverage
circumfluent
vswraparound
9.9

Moving around something on all sides, like water, mist, or people

describes static extension all the way around to cover rather than flowing motion
skirting
vswraparound
6.0

Going around the edge of something

wraps completely around to cover rather than only bordering at the edges
surrounding
vswraparound
2.8

Something that is on all sides of a place or person

means extending fully around to cover or enclose, not merely being nearby

How Complete

wraparound
3 4.8
enclosing
4.5
partial
203 3.4

Surface Forms

wraparound positive

Morphology

wraparound = wrap (transparent) = around + wrap

The adjectival sense denotes extending or going all the way around, which is a direct extension of 'wrap' + 'around'. [Postprocessing: moved 'around' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Wraparound is made from wrap + around, so it literally means 'going all the way around'. That is why we call a porch, skirt, or pair of sunglasses wraparound when they extend or cover something from one side to the other.