(also case ) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ heavy , light
▪ open
▪ empty , full
▪ packed
▪ bulging
▪ battered
▪
His only possession was a battered old ~ of clothes.
▪ leather
▪ rolling ( AmE ), wheelie ( BrE )
▪
Elementary school students are now using rolling ~s to haul their school books around.
▪
I pulled my wheelie ~ along behind me.
▪ carry-on
VERB + SUITCASE
▪ cram sth in/into , pack , stuff sth in/into , throw sth in/into
▪
Have you packed your ~ yet?
▪
He stuffed a few clothes in a ~ and left.
▪ take sth out of , unpack
▪ fasten , shut , snap shut
▪
She snapped her ~ shut and stuck on a label.
▪ open
▪ lift , pick up
▪
The ~ was too heavy to lift.
▪ grab
▪ clutch , hold
▪ carry , drag , heave , lug , pull
▪
She heaved her ~ down from the luggage rack.
▪
We had to lug our ~s around for a week.
▪ drop , dump , put down
▪ live out of
▪
He got tired of living out of a ~ and left his job as a sales rep.
SUITCASE + VERB
▪ be crammed with sth , be full of sth , be stuffed with sth , contain sth
▪
The ~ was full of drugs.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , inside a/the ~