cling film

cling film

See also: clingfilm

English

Alternative forms

• clingfilm

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋˌfɪlm/

Noun

cling film (countable and uncountable, plural cling films)

1. (Britain) A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc.

Synonyms

• (plastic film that clings): plastic wrap, Saran Wrap (US)

Translations

plastic film that clings

Dutch: huishoudfolie f French: film étirable m Galician: filme (gl) m German: Frischhaltefolie (de) f, Adhäsionsfolie f, Plastikfolie (de) f Hungarian: folpack (hu) (genericized trademark) Irish: scannán cumhdaithe m Norwegian: Bokmål: plastfolie m Nynorsk: plastfolie m

Russian: пищевая (ru) (piščevaja) плёнка (ru) f (pljónka) Spanish: film estirable m Swedish: plastfolie (sv)

See also

• Saran Wrap