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Definition of "carryall" [car•ry•all]

  • A large receptacle, such as a bag, basket, or pocketbook, used to carry things from one place to another. (noun)
  • A closed automobile with two lengthwise seats facing each other. (noun)
  • A covered one-horse carriage with two seats. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "carryall" in a sentence
  • "Almost every resident in the country has a carriage they call a carryall, which name I suspect to be a corruption of the cariole so often mentioned in the pretty Canadian story of Emily Montagu."
  • "Rumbling behind the carryall was the farm wagon containing the trunks, and in less than the half-hour stipulated by Sandy, Oak Farm was reached."
  • "In the carryall were the farmer and his two charming daughters, and, Mrs. Stanhope, who was his sister-in-law, and her daughter Dora."