Meanings
plural carrier bags · alternative carrierbag
- UKA bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.
“Something for everybody!” Gerald Fedden said, striding into the kitchen with a rattling brown-paper carrier bag.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBNSynonyms: carrier, grocery bag, shopping bag
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 購物袋 /购物袋, 塑料袋
- 購物袋 /购物袋 (gòuwùdài)thin bag
- 塑料袋 (sùliàodài)thin bag
Danish bærepose
- bæreposethin bag
Estonian kilekott
- kilekottthin bag
Finnish muovikassi, paperikassi
- muovikassithin bag
- paperikassithin bag
French sac plastique, sac de caisse
- sac plastiquethin bag
- sac de caissethin bag
German Tragetasche, Tragetüte
- Tragetaschethin bag
- Tragetütethin bag
Italian sacco di plastica
- sacco di plasticathin bag
Japanese キャリアバッグ, ビニール袋
- キャリアバッグ (kyariabaggu)thin bag
- ビニール袋 (binīru-bukuro)thin bag
Korean 비닐봉투
- 비닐봉투 (binilbongtu)thin bag
Norwegian Bokmål bærepose
- bæreposethin bag
Polish reklamówka, foliówka
- reklamówkathin bag
- foliówkathin bag
- zrywkathin bag
Russian паке́т, су́мка
- паке́т (pakét)thin bag
- су́мка (súmka)thin bag
- кулёк (kuljók)thin bag
Swedish kasse, bärkasse
- kassethin bag
- bärkassethin bag
Cite this entry
carrier bag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrier%20bag
“carrier bag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrier%20bag. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carrier bag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrier%20bag.
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