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SLEEP-ingb-ag/ˈsliːpɪŋ bæɡ/

A sleeping bag (id: sleeping-bag) is a warm padded bag that you sleep in outdoors or on a floor. A duvet is for a bed; a bunk is a hostel bed. Duke of Edinburgh: a sleeping bag is kit, not a substitute for an assigned hostel bunk.

Meaning

A warm padded bag that you sleep in outdoors or on a floor.

Examples

• “A sleeping bag on the Duke of Edinburgh expedition is kit, not a substitute for the hostel bunk.”
• “A sleeping bag in the sports hall for a charity sleep-out still needs the safeguarding staffing ratio.”

Good to know

a sleeping bag. Contrast: a duvet / a bunk. DofE / hostels. Countable bags. Mix-up: sleep is the verb or uncountable noun.

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