PAPER BAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paper bag mean? 

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

1. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPER BAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carrier bag; paper bag; poke; sack

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)

 Context examples 

You can try: • Breathing into a paper bag • Drinking or sipping a glass of cold water • Holding your breath

(Hiccups, NIH)

But, half-way there, I met the London coach with Mr. and Mrs. Micawber up behind; Mr. Micawber, the very picture of tranquil enjoyment, smiling at Mrs. Micawber's conversation, eating walnuts out of a paper bag, with a bottle sticking out of his breast pocket.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Beyond sat a pair of humble lovers, artlessly holding each other by the hand, a somber spinster eating peppermints out of a paper bag, and an old gentleman taking his preparatory nap behind a yellow bandanna.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)