PLASTIC FILM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plastic film mean? 

• PLASTIC FILM (noun)
  The noun PLASTIC FILM has 1 sense:

1. a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

  Familiarity information: PLASTIC FILM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLASTIC FILM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

film; plastic film

Hypernyms ("plastic film" is a kind of...):

flat solid; sheet (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plastic film"):

Polaroid ((trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare)

shrink-wrap (the clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something)