backpack
Other forms: backpacks; backpacking; backpacked
A backpack is a bag you wear on your back, with straps over your shoulders. Lots of kids carry their books to school in a backpack.
A hiker might carry a heavy backpack for miles, with food and a folded tent inside, while a kindergartner's backpack will be much smaller, and may have a cartoon character on it. You can also call this portable kind of bag a rucksack. If you hike with a backpack, you go backpacking, and you can call yourself a backpacker. The word's been around since the earliest 20th century.
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a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
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hike with a backpack
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In the northern hemisphere, September is back-to-school time, with cooler weather and book-stuffed backpacks. On the other side of the globe, it's finally the start of spring. Either way, it's a perfect month for learning new vocabulary words.