backpack
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A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a…
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.
- Rachel discovered that she could also keep things in her backpack that were important to her, nobody would know about them because they would be hidden. These important things included a small round rock that she had found […]
- Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.
A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
- I spent a month backpacking in the Rockies.
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To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal…
To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation.
To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.
- Astronauts backpack oxygen during spacewalks.
- I planned to go to jungle today and backpacked my things which contained ^([sic]) food and a note book.
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