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GRAB BAG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("grab bag" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
Sense 2
Meaning:
An assortment of miscellaneous items
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("grab bag" is a kind of...):
assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)
