luggage

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lug=gage

CIDE DICTIONARY

luggage, n. [From 4th Lug.].

 That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.  [1913 Webster]
"I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey."  [1913 Webster]
"What do you mean,
To dote thus on such luggage!"

Luggage van, a vehicle for carrying luggage; a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage. [Eng.] -- Luggage compartment, the compartment in a train, bus or other vehicle designed for storage of luggage during a journey. Separate from the passenger compartment.

Syn. -- Plunder; baggage.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

luggage, n. suitcases, bags, etc. to hold a traveller's belongings.

Idiom

luggage-van Brit. a railway carriage for travellers' luggage.

Etymology

LUG(1) + -AGE

THESAURUS

luggage

Gladstone, apparatus, attache case, backpack, bag, bag and baggage, baggage, bags, bandbox, belongings, briefcase, cargo, carpetbag, carryall, consignment, ditty bag, duffel, duffel bag, dunnage, flight bag, footlocker, freight, freightage, gear, goods, grip, handbag, haversack, holdall, impedimenta, kit, kit bag, knapsack, lading, load, outfit, overnight bag, pack, paraphernalia, payload, portmanteau, rucksack, satchel, sea bag, shipment, suitcase, tackle, things, tote bag, traps, traveling bag, trunk

ROGET THESAURUS

luggage

Property

N property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum, ownership, proprietorship, lordship, seignority, empire, interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate, seizin, seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general, limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility, dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony, legacy, Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds, assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property, realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground, acquest, messuage, toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence, manor, honor, domain, demesne, farm, plantation, hacienda, allodium, fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency, arado, merestead, ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds, folkland, chattels real, fixtures, plant, heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property, personal estate, personal effects, personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia, equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, bag and baggage, pelf, cargo, lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent, copyright, chose in action, credit, debt, one's own, landed, predial, manorial, allodial, free lease-hold, copy lease-hold, feudal, feodal, to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assign.