body wrap

British

noun

a beauty treatment in which the body is covered in lotion and wrapped tightly in strips of cloth in order to promote weight loss or improve skin tone

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It barreled down on us in a cherry-red body wrap, filling up the adjacent lane.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Society members are called to a funeral home to ritually wash the body, wrap it in a white shroud, recite psalms and place the deceased in a kosher casket.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2017

In that case, a massage, body wrap or body polish might be just what you need to feel a little lighter.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2017

The 92-year-old Ojai Valley Inn and Spa is still the place to go for golf and a detox body wrap.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2015

His friends take care of the body, wrap it up in the sheet or coffin, but the soul is out of their thought and reach, going down to the chambers of death.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

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