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left-luggage office

left-luggage office

3.5
A place at a station or airport where people leave bags for a short time
  • noun
  • /lɛft ˈlʌɡɪdʒ ˈɒfɪs/
  • UK
translation icon : consigna de equipaje
  • We left our suitcases at the left-luggage office while we explored the city.

Examples

  • I collected my backpack from the left-luggage office before catching my train.

  • The left-luggage office is located next to the main entrance of the station.

  • I dropped my bags at the left-luggage office.

  • The left-luggage office is near the main entrance.

  • I collected my backpack from the left-luggage office before catching my train.

  • The left-luggage office is located next to the main entrance of the station.

  • We left our suitcases at the left-luggage office while we explored the city.

Synonyms

drop-off
vsleft-luggage office
35 2.2

A place to leave people or things

focuses on safekeeping of passenger baggage at stations and airports
checkroom
vsleft-luggage office
  • US
1 3.5

A room where people leave coats or bags for a short time

is located at travel hubs and stores passenger baggage for short periods

How Large

left-luggage office
  • UK
3.5
cloakroom
  • UK
3 2.8

Surface Forms

left-luggage office singular
left-luggage offices plural

Morphology

left-luggage + office

The meaning 'a place to leave baggage temporarily' is directly derivable from combining 'left' (left behind) + 'luggage' (baggage) with 'office' (a place/service location). This attributive/hyphenated construction follows regular English composition patterns and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can understand it.

Etymology

Left-luggage office comes from train stations where travellers would leave their bags in a small office while they explored. The words left and luggage show it was a place to 'store' bags for a short time.