wrapper

/ˈræp.ər/
noun
  1. A piece of paper, plastic, or other material that covers and protects something, especially food or a product.
    • The cheese was still in its plastic wrapper.
    • He threw the candy wrapper in the trash.
    • She carefully removed the wrapper from the gift box.
  2. A person or machine that wraps items, such as gifts or products.
    • The factory uses an automatic wrapper for the boxes.
    • The gift wrapper at the store did a beautiful job.
    • She worked as a wrapper in the bakery, packaging bread.
  3. In computing, a piece of software that provides a simplified interface to a more complex system or function.
    • A wrapper class in Java allows primitive types to be used as objects.
    • This library is a wrapper for the graphics engine.
    • The developer created a wrapper to make the API easier to use.
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