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What is "shrink-wrapped"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shrink-wrapped
adjective
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▪ Although there have been cases of viruses spreading on shrink-wrapped software, these are relatively rare.
▪ But he reckons that a company using Advance would save 25% on buying and implementing a shrink-wrapped product itself.
▪ But it had better be Tombstone and not one of those shrink-wrapped numbers from the deli department.
▪ CustomerQ 2.0 is Quintus' first attempt at a shrink-wrapped package.
▪ Forget your Rollercoasters and Lollapaloozas, this is burgeoning Indiedom in a shrink-wrapped package.
▪ The net result won't be shrink-wrapped software.
▪ The software is shrink-wrapped and reportedly channel-ready.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
shrink-wrapped

shrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\ (shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. shrink-wrapped or shrink"wrapped (shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. shrink"wrapping or shrink"-wrapping.] to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting wrapping by the application of heat.

Wiktionary
shrink-wrapped

a. Contained in, for protection or shipping, a conforming plastic film that reduces in size during application to tightly hold the item.

WordNet
shrink-wrapped

adj. wrapped tightly with a thin sheet of heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling

shrink-wrapped

Usage examples of "shrink-wrapped".

Yuri risked glancing about, seeing the way in which the jungle had shrink-wrapped itself around the forward half of the boat.

The cops rushed in and shrink-wrapped him, then stood around his body, mummified in glistening plastic, and kicked him and stomped him for a minute or two, then finally cut a hole in the plastic so Tony could breathe.

But when she tried to pick it up, the wig and the kimono came off in one piece, revealing yet another shrink-wrapped replica, this one with delicately painted eyes and a Cupid's-bow mouth.