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WRAPPER
negligee, neglige, peignoir, wrapper, housecoat
(noun) a loose dressing gown for women
wrap, wrapper
(noun) cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
wrapping, wrap, wrapper
(noun) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wrapper (plural wrappers)
Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.
An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.
One who, or that which, wraps.
(object-oriented) A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.
Usage notes
• In the computing sense, wrapper is often used attributively: one can speak of a “wrapper class”, a “wrapper object”, a “wrapper function”, and so on. More broadly, one can speak of the “wrapper pattern”, which is a general term for the creation and use of such wrappers.
Synonyms
• (construct that mediates access): adapter
• wrapper class
• primitive wrapper class
Anagrams
• prewrap
Source: Wiktionary
Wrap"per, n.
1. One who, or that which, wraps.
2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.
3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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