Thesaurus results for PORTMANTEAU

portmanteau

noun

pȯrt-ˈman-(ˌ)tō

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 on the Web Sunday, August 4, 2024’s episode was critical for the portmanteau known as Rhaenicent, with director Geeta Vasant Patel striking the right balance between the platonic and the romantic. —

Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2024 The brewery, which opened in late 2020, was founded by two longtime homebrewers, Shawn Ellis and Karl Townsend, who named it based on a portmanteau of their first names. —

Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024 Watsu combines water and shiatsu massage techniques (the name is a portmanteau of those two words); warm water is an element with which therapists can further enhance their bodywork. —

Flora Tsapovsky, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2024 What matters most in the immediate aftermath of this news is whether Wicked and Gladiator 2 can even combine for a portmanteau as satisfying as Barbenheimer. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for portmanteau

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