glad wrap
nounEtymology From Glad Wrap, a trade mark owned by the Union Carbide Corporation.
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Australia, New Zealand, US, Sometimes Thin plastic film used as a wrap for food, etc.
- ‘My best one was using a Coles bread cake,’ says Ngareta Rossell. ‘You could cut it in half, take out the centre, put in a phone or charger wrapped in glad wrap, put the top back on and wrap it all up in glad wrap so the guards could see what it was.’2008, Margot O'Neill, Blind Conscience, page 97:
- Cover with a piece of glad wrap or a large tea towel and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, 1 to 2 hours.2010, Lukas Volger, Veggie Burgers Every Which Way, page 118:
1 more example
- Wrap each portion in glad wrap and place in freezer.2011, Patricia Murray-Chute, From Dinosaur to Dynamite: The Secret of Joyful Sex, page 123:
- Synonyms
- clingfilm, Saran Wrap