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GIFT WRAPPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gift wrapping mean? 

GIFT WRAPPING (noun)
  The noun GIFT WRAPPING has 1 sense:

1. ornamental wrapping for giftsplay

  Familiarity information: GIFT WRAPPING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GIFT WRAPPING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental wrapping for gifts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gift wrapping" is a kind of...):

wrap; wrapper; wrapping (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped)

Derivation:

gift-wrap (wrap (a gift) attractively)


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