dustbag

English

Alternative forms

• dust bag, dust-bag

Etymology

dust +‎ bag

Noun

dustbag (plural dustbags)

1. The bag inside a vacuum cleaner where collected dust is stored.
   • 2002, Patrick W. Jordan, Designing Pleasurable Products, page 80:

     These may contain filters manufactured without the use of harmful materials and may not require a dustbag. Dyson vacuum cleaners are examples of designs with such characteristics.

2. A bag in which clothing can be protected from damage.
   • 2005, J. C. Morris, The End of Arrogance, page 304:

     […] old textbooks and dusty encyclopedias, clothing hanging from rafters in dustbags, and all the other useless and superfluous stuff usually found in attics.

Derived terms

• dustbagged

Translations

bag for dust

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pölypussi (fi)
• German: Staubsaugerbeutel m
• Swedish: dammsugarpåse (sv) c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

bag for protecting clothing against dust

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pukupussi (fi)
• German: Kleiderschutzhülle f, Kleiderbeutel m, Kleidersack m, Schutzbeutel m
• Russian: чехо́л для оде́жды m (čexól dlja odéždy)
• Swedish: dammpåse c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can