Luggage

//laˈɡeːd͡ʒ// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings. uncountable, usually

    "August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey."

  2. 2
    cases used to carry belongings when traveling wordnet
  3. 3
    The contents of such containers. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings. countable, nonstandard, obsolete, usually

    "I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump."

Synonyms

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baggagebaggageapparatusattache casebackpackbag

Example

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"The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost luggage."

Etymology

1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.

Related phrases

cabin luggagecarry-on luggagechecked luggagehand luggagehold luggageleft luggageleft-luggage officeluggage barrowluggage carluggage cartluggage holdluggage rack

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