paper bag

noun

A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for carrying groceries.

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sackpokecarrier bag
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Meanings

nounpaper bag (plural paper bags)

plural paper bags

  1. A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for carrying groceries.

    Does his make-up in his room Douse himself with cheap perfume Eyeholes in a paper bag Greatest lay I ever had

    1996, Placebo, “Nancy Boy”

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

Similar
sackpokecarrier bag
Broader
bag
Also see
carrier bagpokesack

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From paper + bag.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 紙袋 /纸袋
  • 紙袋 /纸袋 (zhǐdài)type of packaging
Finnish paperipussi
  • paperipussitype of packaging
French sac en papier
  • sac en papiertype of packaging
German Papiersackerl, Papiertüte
  • Papiersackerltype of packaging
  • Papiertütetype of packaging
Greek χαρτοσακούλα
  • χαρτοσακούλα (chartosakoúla)type of packaging
Hindi थैला, थैली
  • थैला (thailā)type of packaging
  • थैली (thailī)type of packaging
Hungarian papírzacskó
  • papírzacskótype of packaging
Indonesian kantong kertas
  • kantong kertastype of packaging
Italian busta di carta
  • busta di cartatype of packaging
Japanese 紙袋
  • 紙袋 (kami-bukuro)type of packaging
Korean 종이 봉지
  • 종이 봉지 (jong'i bongji)type of packaging
Malay beg kertas
  • beg kertastype of packaging
Polish torba papierowa
  • torba papierowatype of packaging
Russian бумажный паке́т
  • бумажный паке́т (bumažnyj pakét)type of packaging
Swedish papperskasse, papperspåse
  • papperskassetype of packaging
  • papperspåsetype of packaging
Vietnamese túi giấy
  • túi giấytype of packaging
Cite this entry
APA

paper bag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20bag

MLA

“paper bag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20bag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paper bag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20bag.

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