What does suitcase mean?

Definitions for suitcase
ˈsutˌkeɪssuit·case

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcasenoun

    a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

    "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"

Wiktionary

  1. suitcasenoun

    large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling

  2. suitcaseverb

    to trade using samples in a suitcase

Wikipedia

  1. Suitcase

    A suitcase is a form of luggage. It is a rectangular container with a handle typically used to carry one's clothes and other belongings while traveling. The first suitcases appeared in the late 19th century due to the increased popularity of mass tourism at the time and were meant to hold dress suits. They were originally made using heavier materials such as leather or steel, but, beginning in the 1930s, were constructed with more lightweight materials like plastic and cardboard. Before the 1970s, the idea of rolling luggage was shunned by the travel industry, who viewed it as much less masculine than traditional luggage. Entrepreneur Bernard D. Sadow pitched his version of the wheeled suitcase, for which he was granted a patent in 1972, to various department stores before it was picked up and sold at Macy's stores starting in 1970. It took several years to become the predominant form of suitcase, and Sadow's version was soon superseded by the Rollaboard, a type of wheeled suitcase that was upright rather than flat like Sadow's model and invented in 1987 by pilot Robert Plath. The addition of wheels to the suitcase has since been called one of the most significant innovations in travel. Smart suitcases with enhanced capabilities such as GPS tracking and device charging were popularized in the 2010s, though explosions of their lithium ion batteries in cargo holds caused them to be banned from being checked by many major airlines in the late 2010s.

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  1. suitcase

    A suitcase is a rectangular or square shaped bag with hard or soft sides, used mainly for carrying clothes and other personal possessions during travels. It typically has a handle and often includes wheels for easy mobility and a lock for security. It is a common form of luggage.

Wikidata

  1. Suitcase

    A suitcase is a general term for a distinguishable form of luggage. It is often a somewhat flat, rectangular-shaped bag with rounded/square corners, either metal, hard plastic or made of cloth, vinyl or leather that more or less keeps its shape. It has a carrying handle on one side and is used mainly for transporting clothes and other possessions during trips. It opens on hinges like a door. Suitcases lock with keys or a combination.

Editors Contribution

  1. suitcase

    A type of product created in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes and sizes.

    The suitcase was silver and beautiful to look at.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suitcase in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suitcase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of suitcase in a Sentence

  1. Djau Codjovi:

    I was like' oh my days.' I opened my suitcase and put everything inside, and then I went outside to see what's going on and all my teammates were saying they invaded Ukraine, it is actually happening.

  2. Amandeep Sidhu:

    There's this perception that you can pack up your Many Sikhs faith in a suitcase and then pull it out after basic training and quite frankly, that's just not the way it works, that's not the way the Many Sikhs faith works. It's not the way that the laws that apply to the The Marine Corps work.

  3. Unknown:

    The right time was at the crossroads With a future in his plans The wrong time reapproaches With right time's suitcase in hand The right time asks, how 's the journey The wrong time said the 'whether' turned me around. The right time, shakes his head, Shakes his hand and leaves Before the sun goes down.

  4. Heidi Cruz:

    I want to tell the American people who Ted is, a person who, when I'm really busy running around the house the other day to pack, when he had a lot more on his plate, sat down and packed my suitcase for me.

  5. Andrew Kerr:

    You can get up to 100,000 glass eels into a suitcase. And if they're leaving Europe at a euro each then that's 100,000...and then at the other end, you grow them on in a pond in China and a year later that's a million. A million euros worth, japan, China, South Korea, they are all great eel eaters. But remember, they're also re-exporting them to North America and back to Europe again.

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