wraparound

wraparound
/rap"euh rownd'/, adj.
1. (of a garment) made to fold around or across the body so that one side of the garment overlaps the other forming the closure.
2. extending in a curve from the front around to the sides: a wraparound windshield.
3. of, pertaining to, or arranged under a wraparound mortgage: wraparound financing.
4. all-inclusive; comprehensive: a wraparound insurance plan.
n.
5. a wraparound object.
6. outsert.
7. Print. a thin metal, plastic, or rubber plate made flat and then wrapped around a cylinder for printing on a rotary press.
8. See word wrap.
9. Brit. See book jacket.
Also, wrap-around.
[1965-70; adj., n. use of v. phrase wrap around (something)]

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