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cellophane

[sel-uh-fayn] / ˈsɛl əˌfeɪn /


NOUN
plastic wrap
Synonyms
WEAK


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Fure said Kingston Cemetery, which "should be a place of natural peace, dignity, and reflection", was now home to cellophane wrappers, plastic plant pots, broken ornaments, artificial flowers, windmills and litter.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Once cooled, they went into crinkly cellophane bags from Party Central, each one tied with a bit of lilac curling ribbon.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

As a corrido played in the background, Panfilo Maldonado and Juan Aleman worked silently, efficiently, opening boxes, spilling bundles over a long table, stripping out the cellophane.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

At the end of her roughly 15-minute speech, Walz held up a small cellophane bag filled with cookies.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2024

The twelve of us that showed up had been able to put away only two or three feet of the pair of six-foot-long grinders wrapped in blue cellophane.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover


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