Thesaurus results for PORTMANTEAUS

portmanteaus

noun

variants or portmanteaux

plural of portmanteau

as in suitcases

a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau

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Recent Examples of portmanteaus Those are just a few of the clever software-as-a-service portmanteaus being tossed around as investors debate a massive selloff in the sector that has vaporized roughly $1 trillion in valuations from recent highs, with more than $285 billion in market value wiped out in February alone. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026 Fierce sunlight bleaching the stones of the old city, blinding the passengers as porters in white kaffiyehs and djellabas stack their portmanteaus on donkey carts. —

Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Carrying bags and suitcases when passengers are struggling to get out can cause people to fall or damage the slides needed for exit.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Lizzo’s assistant is piling suitcases in the entryway of the musician’s home in Los Angeles when suddenly her boss reassigns her to a more pressing task.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026