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knapsacks

knapsacks is the plural of knapsack.

knapsacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knapsack.

Meaning of knapsack

Noun

knapsack (plural knapsacks)

  1. (US, archaic) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
    • 1936, Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post, ch 3. "All but Nancy carried knapsacks, with sandwiches and thermos flasks of tea. Peggy’s knapsack held Nancy’s provisions as well as her own, for on Nancy’s shoulders, instead of a knapsack, was a pigeon-basket […]"
  2. A set of values from which a subset is chosen.

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Questions about knapsacks

What is knapsacks the plural of?
Knapsacks is the plural of knapsack.

Words near knapsacks in the dictionary

  1. knapsack problems
  2. knapsacked
  3. knapsacker
  4. knapsackers
  5. knapsacking
  6. knapsacks
  7. knapskull
  8. knapskulls
  9. Knaptoft
  10. Knapton
  11. Knaptons

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