How do you use the word "luggage" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "luggage": Which is your luggage? There is a limit of two pieces of luggage for each passenger.

Luggage Meaning

/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.

nounThe contents of such containers.

Sentence Examples

Which is your luggage?

There is a limit of two pieces of luggage for each passenger.

Make sure that your luggage is clearly labelled.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

baggage

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Airline passengers are allowed to carry one piece of ____ on the plane.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Please make sure that you have all of your ____ before you leave the train station this afternoon.

Word Origin & History

1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump." — 1858, “Letter from Rev. George L. Seymour”, in The African Repository and Colonial Journal, volume 34, page 13:

"The passengers injured who could not get out were removed out by the railway staff, and then taking part of the luggage the train started back for Burdwan." — 1875, W. G. Willson, Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874:

"Namely, leaving my luggages at the Government hostel, to go straight out by taxi (oh, so slow, compared with our sleek Lagos limousines!) to the famous central Piccadilly Tube station where I took a onestop ticket, went down on the escalator, and then ran up the same steps in the wrong direction." — 1964 [1957], Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Penguin Books, page 15:

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