The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
shrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\, n. a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack, shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of shrink-wrap English)
WordNet
See shrink-wrap
Usage examples of "shrink-wrapping".
The entire shrink-wrapping process consumed maybe half a second, and then Bud, mummified in plastic, toppled over face-forward.
In another room, he found a shrink-wrapping machine for doing the really big stuff.
Anything large enough colliding with the inner surface of the funnel caused a lightning-fast wave of deformation, engulfing and shrink-wrapping the intruder.
He took it out and ripped off the shrink-wrapping, forcing the fridge door shut again with his shoulder.