Noun: luggage compartment
Usage: Brit
Usage: Brit
- Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage, shopping or tools
"he put his golf bag in the luggage compartment";
- automobile trunk [N. Amer], trunk [N. Amer], boot [Brit], dicky [Asia, informal], dickey [Asia, informal]
Derived forms: luggage compartments
Type of: compartment
Part of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]
Encyclopedia: Luggage compartment