wraparound noun & adjective. ['rapǝraʊnd] Also wrapround ['rapraʊnd]. L19.
[from WRAP verb + AROUND.]
A. noun.
1. A garment wrapped round the body; esp. a wraparound skirt or top (see sense B.1a below). L19.

2. A fastening or label that wraps round a bottle. M20.

3. Computing. A procedure or facility by which a linear sequence of memory locations or positions on a screen is treated cyclically, so that when the last has been counted or occupied the first is returned to automatically. M20.
b. adjective.
1. a. Of a garment, esp. a woman's skirt or top: that wraps around the body. M20.
b. Of sunglasses, goggles, etc.: having lenses or lens frames extending around the side of the head. M20.

2. That surrounds or curves round another thing; spec. (a) (of a part of a building or of a motor vehicle) that extends round a corner; (b) (of a cinema screen) having a greater sideways extent than normal. M20.

3. Printing. Of a flexible relief printing plate: wrapped round the cylinder of a rotary press. Of a machine: employing such a plate. M20.

4. Publishing. Of a book cover: made from a single sheet of material. Of a jacket: in which the design extends from front to back without being divided by the spine. M20.

5. (Of a mortgage) financed by a new lender who pays the monthly instalments of the mortgage to the original lender at the original rate of interest, and at the same time provides the borrower with additional funds for the purchase; pertaining to such a mortgage. Also, designating a tax-deferral scheme in which the interest on certain investments goes into paying the premiums for an annuity. US. M20.

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