wrapper
part of speech
noun (wrapper, wrappers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A wrapper is the paper, foil or plastic around a candy, a snack or a present. tree →
2) A wrapper is anything that covers or wraps something else. tree →
3) A wrapper can also be a loose gown worn at home. tree →
sense in the lessons
a thing collected and counted, often next to bottle caps; in everyday life, wrappers are litter to put in the bin or recycle; phrases «candy wrapper», «sweet wrapper» (UK), «chocolate wrapper»
examples
- Danny found 46 wrappers at the park. tree →
- He has 52 wrappers in his collection. tree →
- How many more wrappers than bottle caps did he find? tree →
- He threw away 10 wrappers. tree →
- Put your wrapper in the bin. tree →
- The wrapper was shiny and gold. tree →
- We picked up wrappers on clean-up day. tree →
- Some wrappers can be recycled. tree →
- The chocolate wrapper had a prize inside. tree →
- Don't drop wrappers in the playground. tree →
- "Every winter she wore a wrapper of yellow satin, and it always remained new, and was the only fashion she followed. tree →
note
A thing counted. «found» adds, «threw away» takes away. Trap: caps and wrappers are counted apart. The «w» is silent: «rapper». Litter harms animals, so bin your wrappers.
In the corpora
- At the cinema you eat quietly and do not rustle wrappers.
- There is no bin, so she folds the wrapper into her pocket and drops it in the bin at the car park.
- Keep a snack wrapper in your pocket or bag until you find a bin, because litter harms animals and spoils places for everyone.
- At the cinema, eat quietly and do not rustle wrappers, because noise spoils the film for others.
- He felt sick eating them, and Dad found the wrappers in his pocket.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wrapper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.