bagging

bagging — noun

1. Coarse cloth, woven plastic, heavy paper, or other strong material used to make

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Definition

Coarse cloth, woven plastic, heavy paper, or other strong material used to make bags, sacks, and large industrial packaging.

Example

The flour was delivered in heavy paper bagging that stayed dry all season.

collocation: heavy paper bagging

Farmers bought rolls of woven plastic bagging to store their maize harvest.

collocation: woven plastic bagging

Common collocations
  • heavy bagging
  • woven bagging
  • cotton bagging
  • paper bagging
  • plastic bagging
  • jute bagging
  • polypropylene bagging
Synonyms
  • sacking

    specifically refers to coarse material for making sacks, often made of jute or hemp

  • burlap

    common in American English, refers to a specific type of coarse woven fabric used for bags

  • hessian

    common in British English, refers to the same type of coarse woven fabric as burlap

Usage Note

Uncountable noun — refers to the material itself, not to individual finished bags or sacks.

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

Bagging is the broadest term — it covers any material (cloth, paper, plastic, woven synthetics) used to make bags and sacks. Sacking is narrower, referring to coarse fabric (usually jute or hemp) used specifically for industrial sacks. Burlap and hessian name the same traditional woven fabric, with burlap used in American English and hessian in British English; both are types of bagging. Packing material is the most general term and includes fillers like bubble wrap and foam that are not bagging at all. If you need a bag for cement or grain, ask for 'sacking'. If you are choosing a fabric for craft projects, 'burlap' or 'hessian' is the specific word.

bagging ↗sacking ↗burlap ↗hessian ↗packing material

Common collocations

Nouns

  • bagging material
  • bagging fabric
  • bagging industry
  • bagging plant

Phrases

  • woven plastic bagging
  • heavy paper bagging
  • cotton bagging

Prepositions

  • made of bagging
  • roll of bagging
  • sheet of bagging
  • bagging for [product]

Etymology

Old NorseEnglish

The noun 'bagging' was formed in English by adding the suffix '-ing' to the noun 'bag'. This '-ing' suffix creates a noun meaning 'material used for [the base word]'. The word 'bag' itself entered English from Old Norse 'baggi', meaning a pack or bundle worn on the back.

First known use

1669

1669, in the meaning defined above