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Noun: luggage compartment
Usage: Brit
  1. 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], dickey [Asia, informal], dicky [Asia, informal]

Derived forms: luggage compartments

Type of: compartment

Part of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Luggage compartment