suitcase

«suitcase» in Mova's school dictionary: A large case with a handle, and often wheels, for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a suitcase, suitcases)

meaning for a pupil

A large case with a handle, and often wheels, for carrying clothes and other things when you travel. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life families pack suitcases for holidays. In safety lessons, pupils learn to keep their suitcase with them at airports and stations and not to carry a bag for a stranger. In maths, suitcases appear in weight problems with luggage limits. Phrases: pack a suitcase, unpack a suitcase, wheel a suitcase.

examples

• I packed my suitcase for the holiday. tree →
• The suitcase is too heavy to lift. tree →
• Our suitcase has a red ribbon so we can spot it. tree →
• Never leave your suitcase alone at the airport. tree →
• The airline limit is 23 kilograms per suitcase. tree →
• She sat on the suitcase to close it. tree →

note

Countable: a suitcase, suitcases. One word. Related: "luggage" and "baggage" are uncountable ("a lot of luggage"). Maths: if the limit is 20 kilograms and your suitcase weighs 23 kilograms, it is 3 kilograms over.

In the corpora

• On the last morning Bawheid sits on Lily's suitcase so she can't pack.
• Her foster mum, Jan, takes one look and fetches a proper suitcase with wheels.
• Wheels roll instead of rub, so a suitcase on wheels moves easily, and before wheels people rolled huge stones on logs.
• Your suitcase disappears behind a rubber curtain at check-in with a paper tag on it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «suitcase» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.