"polybag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: polybags [plural]
Etymology: From poly- + bag. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|bag}} poly- + bag Head templates: {{en-noun}} polybag (plural polybags)
  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.
    Sense id: en-polybag-en-noun--4s8VIIN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Verb

Forms: polybags [present, singular, third-person], polybagging [participle, present], polybagged [participle, past], polybagged [past]
Etymology: From poly- + bag. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|bag}} poly- + bag Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} polybag (third-person singular simple present polybags, present participle polybagging, simple past and past participle polybagged)
  1. To package in a plastic bag.
    Sense id: en-polybag-en-verb-5EkIwcnu

Inflected forms

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