SANDBAGS Synonyms
There are 18 hypernyms of the word sandbags. (close relations)
Definition of SANDBAGS
Best Alternative Words for SANDBAGS
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bags | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a flexible container with a single opening • the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person) • a place that the runner must touch before scoring • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) • the quantity that a bag will hold • a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes • an ugly or ill-tempered woman • mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) • an activity that you like or at which you are superior verb • capture or kill, as in hunting • hang loosely, like an empty bag • bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge • take unlawfully • put into a bag | ||||||||
containers | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • 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) | ||||||||
pouches | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things • an enclosed space • (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) verb • put into a small bag • send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels • swell or protrude outwards | ||||||||
sacks | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases • an enclosed space • the quantity contained in a sack • any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) • a woman's full loose hiplength jacket • a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist • the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter • the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) verb • plunder (a town) after capture • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • make as a net profit • put in a sack | ||||||||
dragoon | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen verb • compel by coercion, threats, or crude means • subjugate by imposing troops | ||||||||
railroad | nounn | |||||||
noun • line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight • a line of track providing a runway for wheels verb • compel by coercion, threats, or crude means • supply with railroad lines • transport by railroad | ||||||||
stun | verbv | |||||||
verb • make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow • hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag • overcome as with astonishment or disbelief |