Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Containers for a traveler's belongings.
- noun The cases and belongings of a traveler.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Anything to be carried that is cumbersome and heavy.
- noun Baggage; especially, a traveler's baggage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.
- noun [Eng.] a vehicle for carrying luggage; a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage.
- noun the compartment in a train, bus or other vehicle designed for storage of luggage during a journey. Separate from the
passenger compartment .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
bags and othercontainers that hold atraveller 'sbelongings . - noun The
contents of such containers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cases used to carry belongings when traveling
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If the customs officer snatches a piece of my luggage, it will in general itself be luggage; if adoring groupies snatch an article of my clothing, it will be clothing; for ˜luggage™ and ˜clothing™ are mass nouns.
Tropes Bacon, John 2008
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After you land at Heathrow, and once you get your luggage (if you get your luggage*) you have a number of choices for getting into London.
Viator Travel Blog 2009
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The ship has not yet arrived, but will doubtless be here in a few moments, the bad weather having delayed her; and my luggage is all hurried down to the tender, where I should be sent, too, did I not wail with hunger.
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I read that packing jewelry in checked luggage is not advisable, although I certainly do not have diamonds, rubies, or anything of the sort in my possession.
Shipping Items 2009
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And no, 3 Adults and 3 KIds with multiple pieces of luggage is not the best way to travel on a bus.
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Now that carry-on luggage is out of hand the airlines say Don't want to pay to check it?
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If their service to my carry on luggage is superior, I should be the one deciding if the fee is worth choosing that airline.
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Nongjian Tao, an Arizona State University professor who studies the basic properties of graphene, also foresees graphene-based chemical sensors to detect explosives in luggage and volatile organic compounds in the air.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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Just to check regular luggage is $40 a bag or more, and they usually have to weigh less than 50 pounds which is almost impossible.
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And no, 3 Adults and 3 KIds with multiple pieces of luggage is not the best way to travel on a bus.
milosrdenstvi commented on the word luggage
At times I use this as a count noun: one luggage, two luggages, etc. This is an idiosyncratic usage.
December 30, 2010
bilby commented on the word luggage
You are not alone. I tender in evidence the 'conductor' on the Eurolines bus service between Verona and Salzburg circa 7 years ago.
December 30, 2010