brown bag

English - English

Definition of brown bag in English English dictionary

A short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime

Did you attend the brown bag Tuesday on healthy exercise habits?.

To carry one's lunch from home, as in a bag, rather than purchase it from a cafeteria or restaurant

To take (liquor) into a public establishment, such as a restaurant, that does not serve alcohol

To take (lunch) to work, typically in a brown paper bag

To bring one's lunch to work or school in a brown paper bag

Hyphenation

Brown bag

Turkish pronunciation

braun bäg

Pronunciation

/ˈbroun ˈbag/ /ˈbraʊn ˈbæɡ/

Etymology

() From the brown paper bag traditionally used to carry one's own lunch from home.