Collocations for wrapper - noun
ADJECTIVE
candy (AmE),
candy-bar (AmE),
chewing-gum,
chocolate (esp. BrE),
chocolate-bar (esp. BrE),
gum,
sweet
(BrE)
food
Cellophane™, foil, paper, plastic
plain
The book arrived in a plain brown wrapper.
food
Cellophane™, foil, paper, plastic
plain
The book arrived in a plain brown wrapper.
empty
VERB + wrapper
remove,
take off,
tear off
discard, drop, throw away, toss (esp. AmE)
He dropped the gum wrapper on the floor.
discard, drop, throw away, toss (esp. AmE)
He dropped the gum wrapper on the floor.
PREPOSITION
in a/the wrapper,
on a/the wrapper
There was a list of ingredients on the wrapper.
There was a list of ingredients on the wrapper.
out of a/the wrapper
She took the chocolate bar out of the foil wrapper.
She took the chocolate bar out of the foil wrapper.