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backpack

/ˈbæk.pæk/noun, verb2 syllables

Backpack means: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.

Synonyms for backpack6

noun, as in a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack

verb, as in hike with a backpack

What does backpack mean?2

noun

1

a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

verb

1

hike with a backpack“Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Backpack in a sentence

  • Matthew's camping gear includes a backpack, camping stove, and a water filter.Amastan
  • If you can't lift your backpack, then you can't carry it!CM
  • Miroslav's backpack was just there, exactly where he dropped it, totally untouched.Amastan
  • The boy misplaced his backpack, but found it later.Amastan
  • Hang your backpack on the hook, not on the chair.Amastan
  • Sami's backpack, containing his wallet, was found in the marsh.OsoHombre
  • The backpack looks a bit tatty now, but is still fully functional.illiterate
  • Sami threw up all over my bags and backpack.OsoHombre

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of backpack

as a noun

plural
backpacks

as a verb

third-person singular
backpacks
present participle
backpacking
past participle
backpacked
past tense
backpacked