Thesaurus results for PORTMANTEAU

portmanteau

noun

pȯrt-ˈman-(ˌ)tō

Definition of portmanteau

as in suitcase

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 portmanteau Soon my entire feed was pugs and poodles and beagles and portmanteau blends with absurd names like golden doodle and cavapoo. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 Long before the portmanteau of edutainment was a thing, AG was producing stories and dolls which illustrated its definition. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 May 2026 His party’s full name is the Respect and Freedom Party, but it’s known by a portmanteau of the first syllables of those Hungarian words. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026 But the pop savant soon realized the goofy portmanteau spoke quite seriously to her current state of mind. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for portmanteau

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Several months later, the discovery of the two suitcases in Wisconsin would crack the case wide open.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Law enforcement found another 32 tied up inside a suitcase intended for similar buyers in August.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

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In a recent report, the company detailed how an internal research model used a crypto wallet without permission to pay the fees needed to test an app on Ethereum’s Sepolia test network.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
This Mali + Lili Gail Crossbody Bag keeps everyday travel essentials—like your phone, wallet, and passport—securely by your side all day and easily accessible.

— Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2026

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