wrapping paper

American  

noun

1. heavy paper used for wrapping packages, parcels, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of wrapping paper

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

But every year, as wrapping paper detonates across the living room and a small mountain of objects emerges—some beloved, some baffling—I have the same unseasonal thought: This is wildly inefficient.

From The Wall Street Journal

And they’re almost always the things people talk about long after the wrapping paper’s gone.

From Salon

Her curt weekly directive was to take one from the pile and stick it in wrapping paper.

From The Wall Street Journal

As well as books, the chain stocks pens, reading lights, games, wrapping paper and other stationery.

From BBC

He tore it open and let the wrapping paper fall to the carpet.

From Literature