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backpack

Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.pæk/

The English word “backpack” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
  2. A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life support equipment.

verb

  1. To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
  2. To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation.
  3. To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.

Etymology

From back + pack. First attested in 1896.

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