as in suitcase
a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back
stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk
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Recent Examples of backpack
Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2025
In the first three months of the war, the archive collected dreams featuring air raids, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, shells, guns, railway stations, debris, drones, soldiers, bunkers, planes, concrete blockades, loudspeakers, camouflage netting, alarm backpacks, Telegram and Signal networks.
—Mireille Juchau, The Dial, 4 Feb. 2025
Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Unlike the typical backpacking canister stove that heats via an open flame – often heavily protected by a windscreen of some sort, but an open flame, nonetheless – the Ulti uses a catalytic combustion process that produces infrared radiation without a flame rising out of the burner body.
—New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Avoid bringing backpacks and pursues, and opt for a crossbody bag instead.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2025
In the first three months of the war, the archive collected dreams featuring air raids, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, shells, guns, railway stations, debris, drones, soldiers, bunkers, planes, concrete blockades, loudspeakers, camouflage netting, alarm backpacks, Telegram and Signal networks.
—Mireille Juchau, The Dial, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
As a child, my first experience with wildfire came on a family backpacking trip in the mountains of Montana.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Unlike the typical backpacking canister stove that heats via an open flame – often heavily protected by a windscreen of some sort, but an open flame, nonetheless – the Ulti uses a catalytic combustion process that produces infrared radiation without a flame rising out of the burner body.
—New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backpack
Noun
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While Banks slept, a 31-year-old man swiped his suitcase, brought it to another car and pulled out a blanket to sleep with.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Generic V-neck Sweater $7 $6 at Amazon This classic sweater deserves a spot in your suitcase.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Holiday Gift Market: Hosted in the heated and tented Bang Bang Bay Chalet.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
18 Dec. 2024
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Even the West Indian drywood termite, the one that prompts tenting, is technically invasive.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2024
Noun
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An Alabama woman was mauled to death this week while feeding a pack of dogs as their owner was out of town.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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No other Lay's products, flavors, sizes or variety packs are recalled.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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According to the appeal, the footage showed the women at 2:50 p.m. on Jan. 6 wearing rucksacks.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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The migrants were carrying bags and rucksacks while migrant parents could be seen pushing children in strollers or carrying youngsters on their shoulders.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Each spring, his parents and five siblings would caravan with a couple of other families from South Texas to the Oregon-Idaho border.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American-Statesman,
9 Dec. 2024
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Supporters caravaned along Helena’s downtown, honking horns.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The small knapsack is made from a lightweight, technical material with a water-resistant coating and anti-wrinkle properties to maintain a more professional look.—
Christina Liao,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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The Roam was the first dedicated portable device that Sonos decided should get Bluetooth (there not being much Wi-Fi in the middle of the woods or at a lake) so that listeners could snag a single Sonos product for both their kitchen and knapsack.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
20 July 2024
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“Backpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backpack. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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