book bag
12
1.1
- noun
- /bʊk bæg/
:
mochila
- Judd stuffed some of his favorite clothes in his book bag and jogged downstairs.
That's incredible how heavy they don't even have wheels on their book bag.
- That's incredible how heavy they don't even have wheels on their book bag.
- So I sit there and wait to start getting hot, have my little book bag on, feel my books heating up, feel my homework all hot.
- A rock, a blade of grass, your clothing, even your book bag is aware it's conscious.
- So then we went to the Somerset Mall to get a red bottom book bag to match the red bottom shoes.
- I left my book bag in my homeboy's house and I jetted to the nearest bus that I can catch this the public transit.
Examples
-
A girl in a denim jacket carrying a book bag headed our way.
Fiction book (1995) -
Children are coming home from school carrying their book bags and knapsacks.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Can you hang?" he asked as he picked up his book bag and turned toward the door.
Fiction book (2002) -
My cell's in the front pocket of my book bag.
-
Get your juice, and your book bag.
-
I tell Mama my homework is in my book bag, and I want to show my teacher.
Fiction book (1999) -
Schools don't buy book bags now; we expect students to get their own.
Academic text (2013) -
Toshi dropped his leather book bag on a patch of dirt by the back door.
Fiction book (1996) -
Elinor flung her book bag onto the window seat and sat down with a thump.
Fiction book (1999) -
She packed her book bag with all the supplies she needed for school.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A flexible container for carrying personal things like books or clothes
204
1.0
A bag with shoulder straps that you wear on your back to carry your things
28
2.5
A small bag with a strap that you wear over your shoulder to carry books or personal things
26
2.7
A bag with straps you carry on your back to hold personal things
12
1.8
A large strong cloth container with two long handles for carrying books or shopping
8
2.7
A bag with shoulder straps you carry on your back
5
1.3
A bag with a long strap that you wear on one shoulder
1
1.1
A bag students use to carry books and school supplies
1
1.0
A bag for carrying books and school things
A bag with shoulder straps that you wear on your back to hold things
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bag used to carry books and school supplies' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'book' (printed volumes) with 'bag' (a portable container). This noun–noun compounding is productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Book bag is a simple picture: a bag filled with books, like a student putting textbooks and notebooks into a bag before school. So the phrase means 'a bag used by students to carry books and school supplies'.