backpack

Meanings

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

• to hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack
• to engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations
• to place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack

Related

Similar words

• haversack
• knapsack
• packsack
• rucksack
• bookbag

Narrower meaning words

• creel

Origin

• From back + pack.