Usually means: Tightly sealing product with plastic.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word shrink-wrapping:

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  1. shrink-wrapping: Merriam-Webster
  2. shrink-wrapping, shrink-wrapping: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shrink-wrapping: Wordnik
  4. shrink-wrapping: Wiktionary
  5. shrink-wrapping: Dictionary.com
  6. shrink-wrapping: FreeDictionary.org
  7. shrink-wrapping: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See shrink-wrap as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shrink-wrap)

noun:  A plastic film that is used to protect an item and which during application contracts so it tightly enclose it.
noun:  The wrapping around an item that has been shrink-wrapped.
verb:  To apply shrink-wrap to (an item).
verb:  (paleontology) To reconstruct an extinct creature known from its fossils by depicting it with minimal soft tissue, this results in a thinner and less accurate representation of the creature.
▸ Also see shrink-wrap


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