wrapper

wrapper
noun
ADJECTIVE
candy (AmE), candy-bar (AmE), chewing-gum, chocolate (esp. BrE), chocolate-bar (esp. BrE), gum, sweet (BrE)
food
Cellophane™, foil, paper, plastic
plain

The book arrived in a plain brown wrapper.

empty
VERB + WRAPPER
remove, take off, tear off
discard, drop, throw away, toss (esp. AmE)

He dropped the gum wrapper on the floor.

WRAPPER + VERB
litter sth

Chocolate bar wrappers littered the floor.

PREPOSITION
in a/the wrapper, on a/the wrapper

There was a list of ingredients on the wrapper.

out of a/the wrapper

She took the chocolate bar out of the foil wrapper.


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