backwrap
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A word wrap feature that restores a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
Countable; Dated; Uncountable
verb
To wrap around the back of something.
Example Sentences
- "Fresh and cool as a crocus, this pretty dress is designed with a cleverly concealed backwrap."
- "NEW STRING-UP GUN PREVENTS BACKWRAPS Take up yarn at 4,000 meters per minute with high tension that prevents backwraps."
- "After applying insulation boards, adhere reinforcing mesh to the board surface. This mesh must wrap around any exposed edge of the insulation board. (This is called backwrapping.)"
- "The insulation boards should be backwrapped at terminations, with the mesh fully embedded in the base coat."
- "Backwrapping words occurs when enough text is deleted to permit one or more words to be formatted into the shortened line."