luggage carousel
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈlʌɡɪdʒ ˈkæroʊsɛl/
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cinta transportadora de equipaje
- INT. LUGGAGE CAROUSEL - DAY
Examples
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And I come up and I see this luggage carousel and it's got like this big green light and it's like loaded with fish.
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Follow me to the luggage carousel," he ordered.
Fiction book (2000) -
Found the luggage carousel with the correct flight number.
Blog text (23) -
My air travel pet peeve is at the luggage carousel.
Blog text (16) -
When we arrived at the luggage carousel, Boggs put my carry-on down and finally turned to me.
Fiction book (2000) -
That's a lot for a terminal with nine little gates, three luggage carousels, and a cozy glassy atrium.
Blog text (20) -
After the long flight, we finally found our bags at the luggage carousel.
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Passengers eagerly gathered around the luggage carousel to collect their checked bags.
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Due to a delay, several bags were still on the luggage carousel when the next flight arrived.
Synonyms
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2.1
An area in an airport where arriving passengers pick up their checked bags
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3.5
A moving belt at an airport that brings checked suitcases to arriving passengers
A moving belt at an airport where people collect their checked bags
A rotating belt at airports where people collect their luggage
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'luggage' (suitcases) + 'carousel' (rotating belt/platform for delivering bags); there is no idiomatic shift. This noun+noun construction corresponds to a concrete airport object familiar across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the intended referent.
Etymology
Luggage carousel comes from a simple picture: airport luggage sits on a round, moving platform like a fair carousel, so passengers can 'pick up' their bags as they come around. That's why it means the moving belt at an airport where you get your checked luggage.