suitcase
- 01 A2 Elementary
n.a large, rectangular bag with a handle used for carrying clothes and personal items when you travel.
n.a portable rectangular container with a handle, typically used for carrying garments and personal belongings during transit.
Simple“She packed her heavy winter coats into a large suitcase for the trip to Canada.”
In context“The airline passenger was forced to pay an additional fee because his suitcase exceeded the maximum weight limit for checked baggage.”
- 02 C2 Proficiency
n.a special type of file on older Apple computers that held things like fonts and sounds.
n.a resource file format in legacy Macintosh operating systems used to store and manage fonts, desk accessories, or sound clips.
Simple“In the old days of Mac OS, you had to drag the font suitcase into the System Folder.”
In context“The designer struggled to open the legacy suitcase files, as the modern operating system no longer natively supported that specific font container format.”
Synonymsresource file - 03 C2 Proficiency
v.to hide something inside your body to move it secretly and illegally.
v.to smuggle contraband by concealing it within a body cavity, specifically the rectum.
Simple“The guards were trained to spot people trying to suitcase drugs into the prison.”
In context“The informant warned the authorities that the syndicate was forcing couriers to suitcase high-value diamonds across the border to avoid detection by scanners.”
- 04 C2 Proficiency
v.to travel and sell products using only the samples you can carry in a bag.
v.to conduct commercial trade or sales demonstrations using only the samples contained within a portable case.
Simple“He spent years suitcasing his inventions from town to town before he found a buyer.”
In context“In the early twentieth century, many independent salesmen made a living suitcasing textiles to remote villages that lacked permanent retail stores.”
From suit + case.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.