backpack

CEFRB1

/ˈbæk.pæk/

noun · verb

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At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

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.
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.

In context

I spent a month backpacking in the Rockies.
Astronauts backpack oxygen during spacewalks.
Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.

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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 […]
2011, Thelma J. Miller, What's in Your Backpack?, page 8
Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77
I planned to go to jungle today and backpacked my things which contained^([sic]) food and a note book.
2020, Akara September 2020 Magazine, page 103

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