bag

noun
/bæɡ/

A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.

Other meanings

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.

Kinds of bag

air bag
back pack
bladder
body bag
book bag
burn bag
dust bag
envelope

Example sentences

“Can you watch my bag for a minute?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I bought a bag of potatoes.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Staple a note on the bag that says it's your lunch.”
Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Word history

From Old Norse "baggi" (bag, pack, satchel, bundle).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bag” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.