air bag

/ɛər bæg/
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Other forms: air bags

Definitions of air bag
  1. noun
    a safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward
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    type of:
    bag
    a flexible container with a single opening
    constraint, restraint
    a device that impede's something's motion
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