carryon

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A form of carry-on — Taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.

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Meanings

adjectivecarryon (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of carry-on.

    One is that new fees on checked bags have created more carryon volume, and some passengers may be overloading seatback pockets — though they said they had not considered this to be a problem.

    2009 August 25, Joe Sharkey, “Seatbacks in Position and Empty, Please”, in New York Times
nouncarryon (countable and uncountable, plural carryons)

plural carryons

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of carry-on.

Origin

Deverbal from carry on.

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Cite this entry
APA

carryon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carryon

MLA

“carryon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carryon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carryon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carryon.

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