NOUN
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
How To Use plastic film In A Sentence
- Lightweight fabrics such as synthetic sheers, batiste, taffeta, velvet, stretch fabric, tricot and plastic film would need a ‘size 11 ‘needle.’
- By using an optional plastic film over the glass, the window can be pushed out at once rather than in pieces.
- A slight vacuum is pulled behind an aluminized mylar plastic film to create a very large convex mirror to collimate the visual system in many aircraft simulators. Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch
- Since most of us do not see the palletized loads that move inside trucks and rail cars, it may surprise you to learn how much of this plastic film is being pumped into the waste stream. 19 posts from January 2008
- These labels were overlaid with a sheet of self adhesive clear plastic film from a high street stationer and distributed to the house staff.
- Cut the beef fillet into thin slices and, layered between sheets of plastic film, beat until extremely thin.
- Then he pulled an large Elastoplast of his left forearm and opening a small plastic film container tipped the contents onto the Elastoplast and stuck it onto an inside page in the paper.
- Cover with plastic film and refrigerate for 24 hours.
- A micrometer-thick coating of steam-jet-cooked starch is just the thing to improve plastic films' retention of the water-based dyes and printing inks used on food labels.
- Avocado flesh is well known for browning rapidly once cut or mashed (p. 269), a problem that can be remedied by adding an acidic ingredient (often lime juice) or by airtight wrapping with a plastic film that blocks oxygen effectively (polyvinylidene chloride, alias saran, is far more effective than polyethylene or PVC). On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
