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Definition of Cellophane™ noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cellophane™

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