handbag

noun/ˈhændˌbæɡ/

Frequency rank: #8,393 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a small bag carried by hand or over the shoulder, used especially by women to hold personal items.

Illustration for the English word “handbag”

Example sentence

She left her handbag on the seat when she got off the bus.

Synonyms & related words

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