suitcase

suitcase
(also case) noun
ADJECTIVE
heavy, light
open
empty, full
packed
bulging
battered

His only possession was a battered old suitcase of clothes.

leather
rolling (AmE), wheelie (BrE)

Elementary school students are now using rolling suitcases to haul their school books around.

I pulled my wheelie suitcase along behind me.

carry-on
VERB + SUITCASE
cram sth in/into, pack, stuff sth in/into, throw sth in/into

Have you packed your suitcase yet?

He stuffed a few clothes in a suitcase and left.

take sth out of, unpack
fasten, shut, snap shut

She snapped her suitcase shut and stuck on a label.

open
lift, pick up

The suitcase was too heavy to lift.

grab
clutch, hold
carry, drag, heave, lug, pull

She heaved her suitcase down from the luggage rack.

We had to lug our suitcases around for a week.

drop, dump, put down
live out of

He got tired of living out of a suitcase and left his job as a sales rep.

SUITCASE + VERB
be crammed with sth, be full of sth, be stuffed with sth, contain sth

The suitcase was full of drugs.

PREPOSITION
in a/the suitcase, inside a/the suitcase

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