Word Meanings - WRAPPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. One who, or that which, wraps. 2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering. 3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's
Additional info about word: WRAPPER
1. One who, or that which, wraps. 2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering. 3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper.
Related words: (words related to WRAPPER)
- OUTER
Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump - ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - PERSONNEL
The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from matériel. - PERSONIFICATION
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his voice." Milton. (more info) 1. The act of personifying; - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - INTENDENT
See N - COVERLET
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser. - GARMENT
Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16. - ROUNDFISH
Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. - SPECIFICALLY
In a specific manner. - WRAPPAGE
1. The act of wrapping. 2. That which wraps; envelope; covering. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - INTENDIMENT
Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. Spenser. - COVERCLE
A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne. - DRESSINESS
The state of being dressy. - INCLOSER
One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. - PERSONIZE
To personify. Milton has personized them. J. Richardson. - PERSONATE
To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton. - UNDRESS
To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - DEMANDRESS
A woman who demands. - RECOVER
To cover again. Sir W. Scott. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - SHOUTER
One who shouts. - SOUTER
A shoemaker; a cobbler. Chaucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - OFFENDRESS
A woman who offends. Shak. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.