shrink-wrap

1. 1.

   the clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something

   Broaderfilm

Questions about shrink-wrap

What does shrink-wrap mean?

shrink-wrap means "the clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something".

How many syllables are in shrink-wrap?

shrink-wrap has 2 syllables and divides as shrink--wrap under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is shrink-wrap a common word?

shrink-wrap is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.