Cling film is the thin stretchy sheet pulled over a bowl of food. Cover it with cling film.
It clings by static rather than by anything sticky on it. Cling film is nearly impossible to recycle, which is why paper wraps are coming back.
1nouncling filmThe thin stretchy sheet pulled over a bowl of food.
“The cling film stuck to itself and to nothing else.”
cling film is a wrapping.
Also accepted in games: plastic wrap
Practised in Containers & Packaging