Definition of Envelope
Envelope
en·ve·lope


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(noun)
a flat container made of folded paper that can be sealed shut with a document inside;

e.g. She gave me an envelope that had a check in it.

(noun)
broadly, a structure that contains, covers, or wraps something, such as an outer enclosing membrane surrounding a biological structure like a virus;

e.g. The drug molecule can burst the envelope and destroy the virus.



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