baggage

The bags you take when travelling, and the things inside them.

• Where is my baggage?
• We checked our baggage before the flight.
• The airline lost two pieces of baggage.

Similar words: luggage

Common phrases: checked baggage, baggage claim, baggage allowance, carry baggage

Unpleasant feelings or memories from the past that you still carry with you.

• She carries a lot of emotional baggage.
• He brought baggage from an old relationship into this one.
• Therapy helped me deal with my childhood baggage.

How to use it: baggage from something (He still carries baggage from his childhood.)

Similar words: emotional burden

Common phrases: emotional baggage, carry baggage, baggage from something, personal baggage

The equipment and supplies an army takes with it when moving.

• The army left its baggage behind.
• Soldiers guarded the baggage train during the march.
• Enemy riders captured several baggage wagons.

Similar words: equipment, supplies

Common phrases: baggage train, army baggage, baggage wagons