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🛍️ A plastic bag 🏢 A company name
Ziploc

Ziploc

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A brand that makes plastic bags with a seal and other storage items
  • proper noun
  • /ˈzɪplɒk/
translation icon : Ziploc
  • I stored my leftover soup in a Ziploc bag to keep it fresh.
  • Ziploc bag

It had a serial number on the Ziploc package and also the the money was marked.

Examples

  • There are 16 girls on the team, so I bought a huge thing of goldfish crackers, pretzels, and plain M&M's and made a trail mix combo in Ziploc baggies.

    Blog text (29)

  • I hear they're looking for a new agency for Ziploc.

    Fly Me to the Moon (2024)

  • After that, I printed all of the files and put them in Ziploc bags.

    Academic text (2014)

  • It had a serial number on the Ziploc package and also the the money was marked.

    Danny Jones

  • Let's figure there are bedbugs in this one purse, which is in this one Ziploc, in the storage locker.

    Blog text (3)

  • Beezus wants hers in a Ziploc, and Ramona insists on having tin foil.

    Ramona and Beezus (2010)

  • Using Ziploc bags makes organizing snacks for the trip much easier.

  • I packed all my toiletries in a Ziploc bag for the flight.

Surface Forms

Ziploc main

Morphology

Ziploc = zip + lock (semi-transparent) = zip + loc

Although the brand name transparently evokes 'zip' + 'lock', as a company name it is a proper noun and learners may not infer corporate identity from the parts.

Etymology

Ziploc is a brand name made from the words zip and lock, and it belongs to a company that sells resealable bags. The name shows what the product does: it 'closes tightly' to 'keep food fresh'.