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clingfilm

noun
/ˈklɪŋfɪlm/

Etymology

From cling + film.

  1. inherited from *filmīn-✻ — “thin skin, membrane”
  2. inherited from *filmīn-✻
  3. inherited from filmen — “film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”
  4. inherited from filme
  5. compounded as clingfilm — “cling + film”

Definitions

  1. Light, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food, etc.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for clingfilm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA