duffel
A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or friezeA kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
» I can't find my duffel bag.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
спо́ртикspórtik
a coarse heavy woolen fabric
(US, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit.
Examples
30 sentencesI can't find my duffel bag.
Tom was carrying a duffel bag.
Tom is carrying a duffel bag.
Tom wasn't carrying a duffel bag.
Tom carried his duffel bag on his shoulder.
ruТом нёс на плече спортивную сумку. — whatnot
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Dutch duffel, named after Duffel, a town in Belgium, itself ultimately from Latin DubFrom Dutch duffel, named after Duffel, a town in Belgium, itself ultimately from Latin Dubrolocus, the first particle from Gaulish dubrum.
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Forms
plural: duffelsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a coarse heavy woolen fabric:duffle
- a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings:duffel bagduffle bagduffle
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- duffel bag
- a duffel bag
- carrying a duffel
- duffel bag and
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.