Meanings
plural workbags
- A bag containing tools or material used for work, especially needlework.
The American Medical Association warns that carrying more than 10 percent of your body weight can lead to injury, and the overnight appearance of low back pain led me to weigh my own workbag a few summers ago (back then, it was a satchel slung over one shoulder).
2007 June 28, Lisa Belkin, “Your Briefcase Just Ran Over My Toe”, in New York TimesSynonyms: workbasket, workbox
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bag containing tools or material used for work, especially needlework.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncontainer for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German Handarbeitsbeutel
- Handarbeitsbeutelbag containing tools or material used for work
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workbag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workbag
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