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backpacks

backpacks is the plural of backpack.

backpacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backpack.

Meaning of backpack

Noun

backpack (plural backpacks)

  1. 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 […]2011, Thelma J. Miller, What's in Your Backpack?, page 8
  2. A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life support equipment.

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Questions about backpacks

What is backpacks the plural of?
Backpacks is the plural of backpack.

Words near backpacks in the dictionary

  1. backpackable
  2. backpacked
  3. backpacker
  4. backpackers
  5. backpacking
  6. backpacks
  7. backpaddle
  8. backpaddled
  9. backpaddles
  10. backpaddling
  11. backpage

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