carrier bag

See also: carrierbag

English

Alternative forms

• carrierbag

Noun

carrier bag (plural carrier bags)

1. (UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.

   Synonyms: carrier, grocery bag, shopping bag

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:

     “Something for everybody!” Gerald Fedden said, striding into the kitchen with a rattling brown-paper carrier bag.

Translations

thin bag

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 購物袋 / 购物袋 (zh) (gòuwùdài), 塑料袋 (zh) (sùliàodài)

• Danish: bærepose c
• Estonian: kilekott
• Finnish: muovikassi (fi), paperikassi (fi)
• French: sac plastique (fr) m, sac de caisse m
• Georgian: პაკეტი (ṗaḳeṭi)
• German: Tragetasche (de) f, Tragetüte f
• Italian: sacco di plastica m
• Japanese: キャリアバッグ (kyariabaggu), ビニール袋 (ja) (binīru-bukuro)
• Korean: 비닐봉투 (binilbongtu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bærepose m

• Polish: reklamówka (pl) f, foliówka (pl) f, zrywka (pl) f
• Russian: (пластиковый) паке́т (ru) m (pakét), су́мка (ru) f (súmka), кулёк (ru) m (kuljók)
• Swedish: kasse (sv) c, bärkasse (sv) c

Further reading

• plastic shopping bag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bag-carrier