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polybag.

A plastic bag used to package a number of things together, but especially one used to package small supplementary publications that would otherwise fall out of a newspaper or magazine.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A plastic bag used to package a number of things together, but especially one used to package small supplementary publications that would otherwise fall out of a newspaper or magazine.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English polybag From poly- + bag.

verb
  1. To package in a plastic bag.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English polybag From poly- + bag.

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