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PAPER BAG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
Synonyms:
carrier bag; paper bag; poke; sack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("paper bag" is a kind of...):
bag (a flexible container with a single opening)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paper bag"):
doggie bag; doggy bag (a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog)
grocery bag (a sack for holding customer's groceries)
