luggage

/ˈlʌgɪdʒ/

/ˈlʌgɪdʒ/

Other forms: luggages

Luggage is anything you use to carry your things with you on a trip. If you're backpacking across Asia, your only luggage is the pack on your back.

Suitcases are luggage, and if you pack a trunk full of gifts to bring your family in India, that's luggage too. When you arrive at an airport after a flight, you might have to wait a while to pick up your checked luggage. Luggage comes from lug, or "drag," the way you sometimes have to lug your luggage onto a train or bus.

Definitions of luggage

1. noun

   cases used to carry belongings when traveling
   synonyms: baggage

   types:

   bag, grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag

   a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

   dressing case

   a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling

   hand luggage

   luggage that is light enough to be carried by hand

   hat box, hatbox

   a round piece of luggage for carrying hats

   imperial

   a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach

   satchel

   luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap

   trunk

   luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage

   carpetbag

   traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century

   footlocker, locker

   a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)

   garment bag

   a suitcase that unfolds to be hung up

   gripsack

   a small suitcase

   overnight bag, overnight case, overnighter

   a small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight

   Gladstone, Gladstone bag, portmanteau

   a large travelling bag made of stiff leather

   weekender

   a small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip

   type of:

   case

   a portable container for carrying several objects