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suitcase Definition

suit·case (-kās′)

noun

a travel case for clothes, etc., esp. a rectangular one that opens into two hinged compartments

suitcase Synonyms

suitcase

n.

case, grip, satchel; see bag.

suitcase Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • unpack: Periodically, they unpack these suitcases and review every situation in which they feel they were treated unfairly.
  • lug: Maybe they're just lugging two suitcases full of bricks around for absolutely no reason whatsoever!
  • carry: Walking round a car park in the dark carrying a suitcase looking for my car was not the ideal end to a holiday.
  • pack: Meg arrives home to find Dennis packing a suitcase.
  • fill: I walked into the POW camp, complete with two suitcases filled with all manner of food.
  • wheel: I wheeled a suitcase into Reading town center to haul away all the personal stuff she'd accumulated at the office.

Adjective modifier

  • battered: Later we stand together in front of a battered leather suitcase, filled with small luggage labels.
  • heavy: Ever tried navigate Ankara with a heavy suitcase in tow?
  • brown: But it wasn't as an ordinary housewife that my mother primarily wished to be remembered in the leavings of the brown suitcase.
  • empty: You are not at all like an empty suitcase.
  • small: I love to pack myself in a small suitcase.
  • huge: I went with two huge suitcases full of wool - woolen sweaters, woolen underwear.

Modifies a noun

  • nuke: He's obsessed with suitcase nukes, with tiny weapons concealed in bags, easily carried into the city.
  • bomb: Apparently a suitcase bomb went off during a session.

Noun used with modifier

  • cardboard: The magician's underwear has just been found in a cardboard suitcase floating in a stagnant pond on the outskirts of Miami.
  • leather: Later we stand together in front of a battered leather suitcase, filled with small luggage labels.

Preposition: of

  • clothes: The magazine gave us a suitcase of clothes - mainly jeans and T-shirts.
  • cash: After all, it's your suitcase of cash and you really don't want to see it go up in smoke.

Preposition: with

  • wheel: It is quite a good idea to have a suitcase with wheels or a light luggage trolley.

Preposition: per

  • person: Portage of one suitcase per person is included wherever possible.

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