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Travel & Airport English vocabulary · Security Screening

Prohibited items

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

nounCommon term

In travel & airport english, prohibited items means: Things passengers may not carry on a plane, or not in the cabin, such as weapons, sharp objects, large amounts of liquid or dangerous goods.

In Turkish: yasaklı eşyalar, taşınması yasak maddeler

How it is used

Airports and airlines publish lists of prohibited and restricted items. Some things, such as tools or scissors with long blades, can go in checked baggage but not in the cabin; others, such as spare lithium batteries and power banks, must stay in the cabin. Security staff confiscate prohibited items.

Example sentences

  1. Knives and other sharp objects are prohibited items in your carry-on.

  2. Please check the list of prohibited items before you pack.

Common collocations

  • list of prohibited items
  • restricted items
  • dangerous goods
  • confiscate an item
  • security checkThe place and process at an airport where staff screen passengers and their cabin bags for dangerous or banned items before they reach the gates.
  • liquidsDrinks, creams, gels, sprays and pastes, which many airports allow in cabin bags only in small containers inside a clear plastic bag.
  • carry-onA small bag or suitcase you are allowed to take into the cabin of a plane with you, within the airline's size and weight limits.
  • checked baggageBags you hand over at check-in or bag drop; they travel in the hold of the plane and you collect them at baggage claim after landing.

More terms: Security Screening

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