backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack
(noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
Source: WordNet® 3.1
knapsack (plural knapsacks)
(chiefly, US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
(cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
• backpack
• rucksack
knapsack (third-person singular simple present knapsacks, present participle knapsacking, simple past and past participle knapsacked)
To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
• backpack
Source: Wiktionary
Knap"sack`, n. Etym: [D. knapzak; knappen to eat + zak a bag. See Knap, v. t., and Sack.]
Definition: A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler. And each one fills his knapsack or his scrip With some rare thing that on the field is found. Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
