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carrier bag

carrier bag noun: a bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.

Noun

carrier bag (plural carrier bags)

  1. (UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.
    • “Something for everybody!” Gerald Fedden said, striding into the kitchen with a rattling brown-paper carrier bag.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

Synonyms of carrier bag

Forms of carrier bag

pluralcarrier bags
alternative formcarrierbag

Questions about carrier bag

What does carrier bag mean?
Carrier bag means a bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.
What part of speech is carrier bag?
Carrier bag is a noun.
What is the plural of carrier bag?
The plural of carrier bag is carrier bags.

Words near carrier bag in the dictionary

  1. carried up
  2. carried water for
  3. carried weight
  4. Carriegate
  5. carrier
  6. carrier bag
  7. carrier bags
  8. carrier cycle
  9. carrier cycles
  10. carrier gas
  11. carrier gases

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