Cellophane™
noun/ˈseləfeɪn/
/ˈseləfeɪn/
[uncountable]- a thin clear plastic material used for wrapping thingsOxford Collocations DictionaryCellophane™ is used before these nouns:
- wrapper
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from cellulose + -phane, from diaphane, a kind of semi-transparent woven silk (from medieval Latin diaphanus ‘diaphanous’).Definitions on the go
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