Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable)A garment that is wrapped around the body and tied.

    a garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around

  2. (countable)A label or advertising display that wraps around a container.

  3. (countable)A segment where material featuring one person (such as a reporter) is introduced and concluded by another person.

  4. (attributive, countable, often)An extension to a property that combines side and rear additions.

  5. (countable)Synonym of wraparound mortgage.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Word wrap, the word processing feature that moves text to the beginning of the next line if it will not fit at the end of the current line.

    See also: autowrap, backwrap, line break, word wrap, and wrapping

  7. (countable, uncountable)The wrapping of numerical values in case of underflow or overflow.

    The addition of integers is unchecked, so wraparound occurs if the resulting value is beyond the representable range.

  8. (countable)An attempt to score by reaching around the side of the net from behind.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom wore wraparound sunglasses.

  2. Years ago, my Fijian neighbour would wear a colourful wraparound "sulu" around his house and yard.

Origin

From wrap + around.

From wrap + around.

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Forms

plural: wraparounds

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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