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rucksack

/ˈɹʌkˌsæk/

rucksack noun: a bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps.

rucksack: a bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps
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Noun

rucksack (plural rucksacks)

  1. (Northeastern, UK, US) A bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps.

rucksack meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi

rucksack in Malayalam

മുതുകിൽ ബന്ധിക്കുന്ന സഞ്ചി, പൊക്കണം

rucksack in Kannada

ಬೆನ್ನುಚೀಲ

rucksack in Punjabi

a bag carried on the back; backpack
ਥੈਲਾ thailā

Examples of rucksack in a sentence

  • I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
  • Tommo tries to snatch his rucksack back, and Shayne stands, holding it out tauntingly.
  • I've never met so many Pokéfans, and I've never seen so many Pikachu rucksacks around.

All 10 example sentences with rucksack

Synonyms of rucksack

Forms of rucksack

pluralrucksacks

Plural of rucksack: rucksacks

Origin of rucksack

Borrowed from German Rucksack.

Questions about rucksack

What does rucksack mean?
Rucksack means a bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps.
What is rucksack in Malayalam?
Rucksack in Malayalam is മുതുകിൽ ബന്ധിക്കുന്ന സഞ്ചി, പൊക്കണം. See Rucksack meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is rucksack?
Rucksack is a noun.
How do you pronounce rucksack?
Rucksack is pronounced /ˈɹʌkˌsæk/.
What is the plural of rucksack?
The plural of rucksack is rucksacks.

Words near rucksack in the dictionary

  1. Ruckmans
  2. ruckmen
  3. rucks
  4. rucks up
  5. rucksac
  6. rucksack
  7. rucksacks
  8. rucksacs
  9. Ruckstuhl
  10. ruckus
  11. ruckus juice

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rucksack (page history and authors); rucksack (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rucksack (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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