'Luggage compartment' definitions:
Definition of 'luggage compartment'
(from WordNet)
noun
Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" [syn: luggage compartment, automobile trunk, trunk]
Definition of 'Luggage compartment'
From: GCIDE
- Luggage \Lug"gage\, n. [From 4th Lug.] That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents. [1913 Webster]
- I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- What do you mean, To dote thus on such luggage! --Shak.
- Syn: Plunder; baggage. [1913 Webster]
- Luggage van, a vehicle for carrying luggage; a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage. [Eng.]
- Luggage compartment, the compartment in a train, bus or other vehicle designed for storage of luggage during a journey. Separate from the passenger compartment. [1913 Webster +PJC]