luggage carrousel
- noun
- /ˈlʌɡɪdʒ kəˈruːsəl/
- UK
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cinta transportadora de equipaje
- Passengers waited by the luggage carrousel for their suitcases to appear.
Examples
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She realized her bag was missing when it failed to show up on the luggage carrousel.
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The luggage carrousel is located near Gate 5.
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Airport staff quickly removed an unclaimed bag from the luggage carrousel.
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Passengers are waiting for their bags at the luggage carrousel.
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Passengers waited anxiously by the luggage carrousel for their suitcases to appear after the long flight.
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She discovered her suitcase was missing when it did not arrive at the luggage carrousel as expected.
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The luggage carrousel at the airport can get crowded as travelers collect their bags.
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
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3.3
A moving belt at an airport where passengers pick up their checked bags
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3.7
A moving belt that carries things in a factory
A rotating belt at airports where people collect their luggage
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'luggage' (suitcases/bags) with 'carrousel' (a rotating conveyor/platform); a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes the moving belt where passengers collect baggage. This noun–noun composition is a standard, cross-linguistically common way to name such airport equipment, so the phrase is immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Luggage carrousel comes from the image of a 'carousel' or merry-go-round that turns, carrying people's luggage around so they can collect it. That's why it now means 'the airport belt where passengers pick up their bags'.