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paper bag

paper bag noun: a bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for carrying groceries.

Noun

paper bag (plural paper bags)

  1. A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for carrying groceries.
    • Does his make-up in his room
      Douse himself with cheap perfume
      Eyeholes in a paper bag
      Greatest lay I ever had1996, Placebo, “Nancy Boy”

paper bag meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Assamese and Malay

paper bag in Hindi

type of packaging
थैला thailā, थैली thailī

paper bag in Tamil

காகிதப் பை

paper bag in Assamese

paper bag
ঠোঙা thüṅa

paper bag in Malay

type of packaging
beg kertas
More languagesFewer languages
paper bag in Indonesian
kantong kertas
paper bag in Vietnamese
túi giấy

Forms of paper bag

pluralpaper bags

Origin of paper bag

From paper + bag.

Words formed from paper bag

Questions about paper bag

What does paper bag mean?
Paper bag means a bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for carrying groceries.
What is paper bag in Hindi?
Paper bag in Hindi is थैला (thailā), थैली (thailī). See Paper bag meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is paper bag?
Paper bag is a noun.
What is the plural of paper bag?
The plural of paper bag is paper bags.

Words near paper bag in the dictionary

  1. paper aeroplanes
  2. paper airplane
  3. paper airplanes
  4. paper anniversaries
  5. paper anniversary
  6. paper bag
  7. paper bag job
  8. paper bag jobs
  9. paper bag parties
  10. paper bag party
  11. paper bag test

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paper bag (page history and authors); paper bag (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ঠোঙা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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