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су́мка — meaning in English

sumka

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English meaning

  • bag noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
  • bursa noun A small sac filled with fluid found where a tendon or muscle moves over a bone, cushioning the movement to stop rubbing.
  • handbag noun A small bag, usually carried by women, used to hold personal items such as a wallet, keys, and makeup.
  • pocketbook noun A small case for carrying money or cards; in American English, sometimes a handbag or purse.
  • portmanteau noun A word formed by blending the sounds and meanings of two others, such as brunch from breakfast and lunch, or smog from smoke and fog.
  • pouch noun A small bag, often closed with a drawstring or zipper.
  • purse noun A small bag used for carrying money and personal items, especially by women.
  • tote noun A large bag with handles, used for carrying everyday items (short for tote bag).

Senses

су́мка is used for these senses in English:

  • ascus (mycology) A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.
  • bag (countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.
  • book bag A bag for holding books for school.
  • bursa (anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
  • carrier bag (UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.
  • handbag (now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.]
  • pocketbook (US) A purse or handbag.
  • portmanteau A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.

bag — full definition

  1. noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
  2. verb To put something into a bag, or more broadly, to succeed in getting or catching something.

bursa — full definition

  1. noun A small sac filled with fluid found where a tendon or muscle moves over a bone, cushioning the movement to stop rubbing.
  2. noun (zoology) A pouch near a young bird's cloaca that works as part of its immune system and shrinks away as the bird grows up.
  3. noun A pouch-like body part in some animals that holds semen before mating in males, or receives it in females.
  4. noun (Christianity) A square cloth case, about a foot wide, used to hold the folded altar cloth out of respect.
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