Thesaurus results for PORTMANTEAU

portmanteau

noun

pȯrt-ˈman-(ˌ)tō

Definition of portmanteau

as in suitcase

a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau

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Recent Examples of portmanteau Long before the portmanteau of edutainment was a thing, AG was producing stories and dolls which illustrated its definition. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 May 2026 His party’s full name is the Respect and Freedom Party, but it’s known by a portmanteau of the first syllables of those Hungarian words. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026 But the pop savant soon realized the goofy portmanteau spoke quite seriously to her current state of mind. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026 Maas is a major player in the romantasy — a portmanteau of romance and fantasy — genre, which has soared in popularity on TikTok. — Katie Simons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for portmanteau

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Officers who were called to the fire station opened the suitcase and found the remains of a woman — later identified as Lorretta Moody, 67 — inside.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
While space-saving suitcase organization is the draw of really any set of packing cubes, and these cubes do so much more.

— Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of suitcase

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The latter is a flexible, breathable hide of pigs and has been used to make products such as shoes, purses, wallets and early forms of sports equipment.

— Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Customers opening their wallets tells you there is a business model.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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