GRAB BAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grab bag mean? 

• GRAB BAG (noun)
  The noun GRAB BAG has 2 senses:

1. an assortment of miscellaneous items

2. a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents

  Familiarity information: GRAB BAG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAB BAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An assortment of miscellaneous items

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("grab bag" is a kind of...):

assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("grab bag" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))