backpack
IPA: bˈækpæk
noun
- 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.
- A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
verb
- (intransitive) To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
- (intransitive) To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation.
- (transitive, rare) To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.
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Examples of "backpack" in Sentences
- I unpacked my backpack.
- The dog reacted to one of the backpacks.
- He looked in the small pocket of his backpack.
- Troy looked in the big pocket of his backpack.
- They also make suitcases, raincoats and backpacks.
- The stringy backpacker will certainly scurry across it.
- The life support backpack was incorporated into the hatch.
- The battery pack is on the robot's back and resembles a backpack.
- The experience was to feel the relief when they removed their backpacks.
- The backpack that housed the missile was damaged and wouldn't allow it to exit.
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