AIR BAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air bag mean? 

• AIR BAG (noun)
  The noun AIR BAG has 1 sense:

1. a safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward

  Familiarity information: AIR BAG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIR BAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("air bag" is a kind of...):

bag (a flexible container with a single opening)

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Holonyms ("air bag" is a part of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)