luggage

  • 11luggage — [ˈlʌgɪdʒ] noun [U] bags and suitcases that you take on a journey Syn: baggage • Luggage is never used in the plural and cannot be used with a: Someone had left a piece of luggage (NOTa luggage) in the taxi. ♦ Do you have any luggage? ♦ There was… …

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  • 12luggage — [[t]lʌ̱gɪʤ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Luggage is the suitcases and bags that you take with you when travel. → See also left luggage Leave your luggage in the hotel... Each passenger was allowed two 30 kg pieces of luggage …

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  • 13luggage — baggage ag gage (b[a^]g g[asl]j), n. [F. bagage, from OF. bague bundle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See {Bag}, n.] 1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army. [1913 Webster] Note: The term itself is made to… …

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  • 14luggage — n. suitcases, bags, etc. to hold a traveller s belongings. Phrases and idioms: luggage van Brit. a railway carriage for travellers luggage. Etymology: LUG(1) + AGE …

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  • 15luggage — lug|gage [ˈlʌgıdʒ] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: LUG1 + age (as in baggage)] the cases, bags etc that you carry when you are travelling American Equivalent: baggage ▪ They searched his luggage for illegal drugs …

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  • 16luggage — noun (U) the cases, bags etc carried by someone who is travelling see also: hand luggage …

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  • 17luggage — noun a rack for the luggage Syn: baggage; bags, suitcases, cases, trunks See also bag 1. 2) …

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  • 18luggage — Travelling bags or suitcases. In some luxury vehicles, the luggage is shaped to fit the trunk …

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  • 19Luggage compartment — Luggage Lug gage, n. [From 4th {Lug}.] That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler s trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents. [1913 Webster] I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.… …

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  • 20Luggage van — Luggage Lug gage, n. [From 4th {Lug}.] That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler s trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents. [1913 Webster] I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.… …

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