grocery bag

noun

US
: a plastic or paper bag used for holding items bought at a store

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Shoppers waited in a line in the late morning that stretched down half a block of San Carlos Street for their turn to dig through piles of clothes, shoes and accessories to fill a brown paper grocery bag and pay $10 for the entire haul. Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025 If a plant sleeve isn’t available, a grocery bag or other covering can provide protection. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2025 Video shows Brown holding a grocery bag, trying to reason with the kids. Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025 The two argued, and the woman standing grabbed a reusable grocery bag and hit the other woman in the face with it, the security camera footage shows. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grocery bag

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“Grocery bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20bag. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.

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