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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
shrinkwrap
    v 1: wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks
         upon cooling; "shrinkwrap the CDs"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
shrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\
   (shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. shrink-wrapped
   or shrink"wrapped (shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
   shrink"wrapping or shrink"-wrapping.]
   to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet
   of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting
   wrapping by the application of heat.
   [PJC] shrink-wrap

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
shrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\, n.
   a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks
   upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping
   around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the
   contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack,
   shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping.
   [PJC]

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