burn bag
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7.9
- noun
- Formal
:
bolsa de incineración
- Behind me you actually see one of the red burn bags from the bank.
Examples
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I've got the hot bag and the burn bag.
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Everybody gets a burn bag.
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Anything which can link us with him, you put it in the burn bag.
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MONTY: Into the burn bag.
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The official used a burn bag to safely dispose of classified documents.
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After the meeting, all sensitive materials were placed in a burn bag for destruction.
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It is important to seal the burn bag tightly before incinerating the contents.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'burn' (to set on fire) + 'bag' (a container) straightforwardly describes a bag used for burning items. Although the term often refers to a specific secure institutional use (for classified documents), that specialized function is still a literal extension of the constituent meanings and would be inferable by a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Burn bag comes from the simple image of a bag used to hold papers that will be burned later. So a burn bag is a secure bag for secret papers that are taken to be 'destroyed by burning'.