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Definitions for plastic bag
plas·tic bag

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. plastic bagnoun

    a bag made of thin plastic material

Wiktionary

  1. plastic bagnoun

    A type of packaging made of thin, flexible, plastic film, starch, or plastic textile, used for containing and transporting food, waste, and consumer goods.

Wikipedia

  1. Plastic bag

    A plastic bag, poly bag, or pouch is a type of container made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile. Plastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods such as foods, produce, powders, ice, magazines, chemicals, and waste. It is a common form of packaging. Most plastic bags are heat sealed at the seams, while some are bonded with adhesives or are stitched. Many countries are introducing legislation to phase-out lightweight plastic bags, because plastic never fully breaks down, causing everlasting pollution of plastics and environmental impacts. Every year, about 1 to 5 trillion plastic bags are used and discarded around the world. From point of sale to destination, plastic bags have a lifetime of 12 minutes. Approximately 320 bags per capita were used in 2014 in the United States of America.

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  1. plastic bag

    A plastic bag is a type of container made from thin, flexible, plastic film, that is often used for carrying and storing goods such as foods, produce, powders, magazines, chemicals, and waste. They are typically designed to be strong, lightweight, and reusable, but they can also be single-use, making them a significant contributor to environmental pollution.

Wikidata

  1. Plastic bag

    A plastic bag, polybag, or pouch is a type of packaging made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile. Plastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods such as foods, produce, powders, ice, magazines, chemicals and waste. Most plastic bags are heat sealed together. Some are bonded with adhesives or are stitched.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of plastic bag in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of plastic bag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of plastic bag in a Sentence

  1. Svenja Schulze:

    My ministry will get a plastic bag ban on its way.

  2. The New York Times:

    When Mr. Alexander repeatedly insisted that he had no information, one officer pointed to a plastic bag hanging on some pipes, asked if he knew what it was for and said, 'You know what waterboarding is?' Mr. Alexander recalled, the officer then put the bag over his head and started beating him again, Mr. Alexander said.

  3. Elaine Glidewell:

    They wouldn’t let me have the ring. It had a note on it, was in a plastic bag, it said do not sell. It was signed by the store manager.

  4. Pham Thi Lai:

    Plastic bags have been waste here since the first day we started using them, they put everything in a plastic bag. If they're preserving shrimp or preserving fish, they put it in a plastic bag.

  5. Channan Petrides:

    Cystic fibrosis feels like having a plastic bag over your head and breathing through a straw, so a lot of patients who have transplants have to learn to breathe again because they aren’t used to taking in that much air.


Translations for plastic bag

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  • كيس نايلونArabic
  • Plastikbeutel, PlastiktüteGerman
  • bolsa plástica, bolsa de plásticoSpanish
  • muovikassi, muovisäkki, muovipussiFinnish
  • cornet, sac plastiqueFrench
  • պոլիէթիլենային տոպրակArmenian
  • kantong plastikIndonesian
  • busta di plastica, sacchetto di plasticaItalian
  • ビニール袋, ポリ袋, プラスチック袋, 袋Japanese
  • 비닐봉투Korean
  • saco plástico, sacola de plásticoPortuguese
  • кулёк, полиэтиленовый пакет, пластиковый пакетRussian
  • plastkasse, plastpåseSwedish
  • poşetTurkish
  • bao bì nilonVietnamese

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