shopping bag
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈʃɑːpɪŋ bæg/
:
bolsa de la compra
- After going to the store, I filled my shopping bag with groceries.
- a plastic shopping bag
- carrying a shopping bag
We have huge islands of plastic shopping bags floating in the Pacific.
- We have huge islands of plastic shopping bags floating in the Pacific.
- But if I have to carry home these days, heavy shopping bags, I need stiffness of that flexible rod so it doesn't collapse.
- And they send some Jelly Key Lime soda and a gift card and a shopping bag.
Examples
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As Joe comes into the room, Jill rises to take the shopping bags from him.
Fiction book (1993) -
One of the policemen is holding a shopping bag and trying to make the crowd back away.
Fiction book (1995) -
Next to him is an old lady with a lot of shopping bags.
Fiction book (1993) -
Wear them? Stuart brought them something in a large brown paper shopping bag the next evening.
Fiction book (1991) -
She had these two large shopping bags, one in each hand.
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Three women came in carrying shopping bags, arguing in low voices.
Fiction book (1995) -
All of them carry shopping bags; they've done a good day's work.
Fiction book (1992) -
In one hand, she carried a pink plastic shopping bag crammed full of clothing.
Fiction book (1995) -
Francesca sits at the outdoor cafe in Bari with shopping bags around her feet.
Fiction book (1995) -
By the time he left Aunt Mamie's house, he had two shopping bags full of pies and piki bread.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
A thin bag made of plastic for carrying or storing things
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1.0
A bag made of paper that shops use to carry things you buy
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4.1
A large strong bag for carrying things like books or groceries
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1.8
A large strong cloth container with two long handles for carrying books or shopping
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1.0
A paper or plastic container people use to carry food and other items from a store
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1.7
A bag shops give you to carry things you buy home
How Durable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a container for items selected during shopping' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'shopping' (buying goods) with 'bag' (a container). Even the e-commerce 'virtual bag' sense is a straightforward metaphorical extension of a physical bag and follows common noun-noun compounding patterns cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Shopping bag comes from the simple picture of shopping and a bag: imagine a shopper putting bread, fruit, and milk into a bag to carry home. So it means 'a bag used for carrying goods after shopping'.