sleeping bag

American  

noun

sleeping bags plural

1. a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.

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sleeping bag British  

noun

1. a large well-padded bag designed for sleeping in, esp outdoors

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sleeping bags
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sleeping bag

First recorded in 1815–25

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Example Sentences

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sleeping bag

As midnight arrived, he was tucked between his parents on a sleeping bag on a granite floor, next to a staircase in one of Kyiv’s subway stations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

They have loads of different options, including a sleeping bag for your canned beer, a cozy spa robe for a bottle of wine, and a parka for a bottle of water.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

If you are using sheets and/or blankets rather than a sleeping bag, you should use lightweight cellular blankets.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

Jake, nestled into his sleeping bag on a cot underneath the museum's gigantic suspended model of a blue whale, said he was "so happy to be here."

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025

“You got rocks under your sleeping bag? I’ve got rocks under mine,” Dallas said.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech