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backpack

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A backpack — also called bookbag , kitbag , knapsack , rucksack , pack , or sackpack — is, in its simplest form, a cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders , but there can be variations. Lightweight types of ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
backpack \back"pack\ n. a bag carried on the back, supported by straps looped over the shoulders. Syn: knapsack; rucksack; haversack. [WordNet 1.5]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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 hike, or on a student's back when carry books. 2 A similarly placed item containing a parachute ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At every turn new ecologies open at our feet, and I fill my pockets and backpack with interesting new specimens. ▪ Ellis stood near the appointed place, carrying a backpack he had bought in a cheap luggage store. ▪ He is 24, ...

Usage examples of backpack.

He hefted his backpack onto his broad shoulders and all but ran from her office.

They fumbled with levers embedded in their integral backpacks, setting in motion some powerful, hidden engine that dragged them off the streets and into the air as the belt-pulley turned, its powerful cogs interlocking and hauling the dark, bulky figures back up into the belly of their airship.

Nearby, a trio of Coloradans were painting Canadian flags on the back of their backpacks both as antiterrorism talismans and as their free ticket into the Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebrations to be held that night at the Quebec Delegation building.

Squatting in front of Euterpe, he pulled a complex device from his backpack and prepared to install it.

His orange backpack held a tent and rain fly, food and water, extra clothes and rain gear, backpack stove and fuel, mess gear and first-aid kit, rope, flashlight, insect repellent, a Fiberfill sleeping bag and ground cloth, foam pad, and an assortment of other trail necessities.

Leaning against one of the tall stone pillars, Hala eased her backpack from her shoulders to the ground.

The smaller mantispid had some sort of clear, bubbly backpack along his dorsal ridge, nestled in the V where its main body section joined the prothorax.

Wire-thin aerials poked up past their sleek pates, and other wires protruded at irregular intervals along the sides of the backpacks.

The Rebels broke for a well-deserved rest while trucks ran the burning and rubbled streets bringing in backpack flamethrowers for the troops and mix for the tanks.

He also carried two wicked Sheffield carving knives in lieu of daggers, and a red ripstop backpack.

There was a single black laptop bag over her shoulder and a black ripstop nylon backpack between her feet.

Will fired six EE rounds into the jungle then hurriedly detached his backpack and tossed it over.

With his backpack on the seat beside him, Oz drove back to the main village of Sigatoka as quickly as he dared.

A baby in a backpack, barely visible under a hat and mittens and a scarf and a snowsuit, caught his attention and he grinned up at it, wondering if it could even move.

To pass the time, Bill and Alex repaired Backpack 6, while Julie experimented with the Crock-Pot and bread machine and Peter cultured wastewater samples downstairs in the lab.