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BRIEFCASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does briefcase mean?
• BRIEFCASE (noun)
The noun BRIEFCASE has 1 sense:
1. a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
Familiarity information: BRIEFCASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("briefcase" is a kind of...):
case (a portable container for carrying several objects)
Meronyms (parts of "briefcase"):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "briefcase"):
attache; attache case (a shallow and rectangular briefcase)
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