luggage

B1 Topic:Travel
US /ləˈɡed͡ʒ/ UK /ˈlʌɡɪd͡ʒ/
noun Freq #4487

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The bags and cases you carry your belongings in when travelling.

    We checked in our luggage and headed straight to the gate.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the bags and cases you... baggage
Word family
Derived forms luggagedluggageless

Etymology

1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.

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