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suitcase

/ˈs(j)uːtkeɪs//ˈsutkeɪs/

suitcase noun: a large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

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Noun

suitcase (plural suitcases)

  1. A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.
    • My suitcase is stowed in the luggage rack.
    • A stocky cabwoman removed a large wheeled suitcase.2014, Edith Pearlman, Honeydew
  2. In the Classic Mac OS operating system, a file containing fonts, icons, sounds, and other resources.

Verb

suitcase (third-person singular simple present suitcases, present participle suitcasing, simple past and past participle suitcased)

  1. To trade using samples in a suitcase.
  2. (slang) To smuggle in one's rectum.
    Synonyms:
    keister

suitcase meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

suitcase in Hindi

large piece of luggage
सूटकेस sūṭkes

suitcase in Tamil

large piece of luggage
பெட்டி peṭṭi

suitcase in Urdu

large piece of luggage
سُوٹْکیس sūṭkes, سُوٹ کیس sūṭ kes, اَٹاچی aṭācī, اَٹَیچی aṭaicī, جامَہ دان jāma dān

suitcase in Bengali

large piece of luggage
সুটকেস śuṭkes
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suitcase in Malayalam
യാത്രാസഞ്ചി, തോൽപ്പെട്ടി, ഉടുപ്പുപെട്ടി, യാത്രയ്ക്കുപയോഗിക്കുന്ന പെട്ടി
suitcase in Punjabi
ٹیچی ṭaicī, ਟੈਚੀ ṭaicī
suitcase in Sinhala
සූට්කේස් sūṭkēs
suitcase in Pashto
بکس baks
suitcase in Tagalog
maleta
suitcase in Arabic
حَقِيبَةُ السَّفَر ḥaqībatu s-safar, شَنْطَة šanṭa
suitcase in Malay
beg pakaian
suitcase in Indonesian
koper
suitcase in Thai
กระเป๋าเดินทาง grà-bpǎo-dəən-taang, กระเป๋า grà-bpǎo
suitcase in Vietnamese
va li, rương hành lý
suitcase in Myanmar
လက်ဆွဲသေတ္တာ lakhcwai:setta

Examples of suitcase in a sentence

  • After collecting his suitcase at the baggage carousel, he left the airport.
  • It's a compact suitcase, but it makes a good carry-on bag.
  • A good suitcase is essential for someone who is on the go as much as he is.

All 40 example sentences with suitcase

Synonyms of suitcase

Forms of suitcase

Noun
pluralsuitcases
alternative form (archaic)suit-case
Verb
third-person singular presentsuitcases
present participlesuitcasing
past participlesuitcased
pastsuitcased

Plural of suitcase: suitcases

Origin of suitcase

From suit + case.

Words formed from suitcase

Phrases with suitcase

Questions about suitcase

What does suitcase mean?
Suitcase means a large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.
What is suitcase in Hindi?
Suitcase in Hindi is सूटकेस (sūṭkes). See Suitcase meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is suitcase?
Suitcase can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce suitcase?
Suitcase is pronounced /ˈs(j)uːtkeɪs/.
What is the plural of suitcase?
The plural of suitcase is suitcases.

Words near suitcase in the dictionary

  1. suitability
  2. suitable
  3. suitableness
  4. suitablenesses
  5. suitably
  6. suitcase
  7. suitcase farmer
  8. suitcase farmers
  9. suitcase nuke
  10. suitcase nukes
  11. suitcased

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: suitcase (page history and authors); suitcase (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ٹیچی (Punjabi) (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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