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Definition of "wraparound" []

  • Designed to be wrapped around the body and fastened: a wraparound skirt. (adjective)
  • Shaped to curve around the sides: a wraparound windshield. (adjective)
  • Sports Of or being a shot, as in ice hockey, made after going behind the goal and turning sharply toward the side or front of the net. (adjective)
  • A garment that is open to the side and is wrapped around the body. (noun)
  • Something that encompasses or laps over something else. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wraparound" in a sentence
  • "The main thing that we do across the company is what we call wraparound services."
  • "Jim Slater made it 2-2 with his second goal, a wide wraparound from the right side 1: 14 after Crosby scored."
  • "Just over five minutes later, with both teams down a man, Straka beat goaltender Evgeni Nabokov on a wraparound from the right side."
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